Former Pats WR Kenbrell Thompkins Charged w Fraud & ID Theft

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Shame. I was a big fan of his and really loved what he brought to the field for that couple of years he was a Pat

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/31/sports/former-patriots-receiver-kenbrell-thompkins-charged-with-identity-theft-unemployment-fraud/

Thompkins, 32, was charged with one count of access device fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment, and two counts of aggravated identity theft, which carry a penalty of two mandatory years imprisonment. He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Miami.
 

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Story for those who don't have Globe access.

Yikes. Not good.

He’s accused of using the stolen identities of numerous Florida residents to obtain fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits from the state of California.

California distributed these unemployment benefit funds in the form of debit cards, which were subsequently mailed to addresses associated with Thompkins in Miami and Aventura, Florida, according to the feds.

Court documents allege that from Aug. 16 through Sept. 23, Thompkins used these debit cards to withdraw funds at various ATMs in Miami-Dade County.

The alleged scheme involved about $300,000 in California unemployment insurance funds credited to the fraudulent debit cards associated with Thompkins, out of which about $230,000 of the funds were withdrawn.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/03/31/former-patriots-player-kenbrell-thompkins-accused-of-coronavirus-relief-fraud/
 

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Was he the WR who was released right before the Super Bowl? My Google skills/memory are not up to the task.
 

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3 year career, earned just over $1.4 million. Less taxes and agent fees not surprising that he might be hurting 5 years after leaving the NFL Would have hoped his University of Cincinnati education could have helped him find a better path
 

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3 year career, earned just over $1.4 million. Less taxes and agent fees not surprising that he might be hurting 5 years after leaving the NFL Would have hoped his University of Cincinnati education could have helped him find a better path
Yeah, he probably cleared maybe $600K when all was said and done. That goes quickly given the lifestyle a lot of young athletes lead. Hard to believe he didn't think he would ever get caught; the scheme as described almost screams "take me to jail now".
 

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I would have considered having the cards sent to addresses in...I don't know, California?
 

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I thought that at first too, but he probably had them sent to a CA address and then someone there forwarded them. I'd imagine it's a hard ask to request CA to send those cards directly out of state (at least I damn well hope so).
 

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Yeah, he probably cleared maybe $600K when all was said and done. That goes quickly given the lifestyle a lot of young athletes lead. Hard to believe he didn't think he would ever get caught; the scheme as described almost screams "take me to jail now".
What do you mean? Defrauding the government can get you elected senator in Florida. Ask Rick Scott. During Scott's 2000 deposition, he pleaded the Fifth Amendment 75 times. In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history.
 

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What do you mean? Defrauding the government can get you elected senator in Florida. Ask Rick Scott. During Scott's 2000 deposition, he pleaded the Fifth Amendment 75 times. In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in what was at the time the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history.
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I wanted to believe in him so badly in 2013. That last second TD against the Saints in the corner of the end zone is still seared into my memory.
Same night as the Ortiz grand slam in Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS. Probably the most consequential Boston sports night of the past decade where a championship wasn’t clinched.