A former NFL player who became a successful businessman is on trial in Miami for allegedly defrauding the government out of $20-million.
Monty Grow is accused of supplying a Broward County pharmacy with military health care patients and then paying kickbacks to the patients and others.
On the other hand, “This is a case about a man who lied and cheated to get a bunch of money he didn’t deserve,” prosecutor Kevin Larsen told the jury during opening statements.
“Mr. Grow came up with a pyramid scheme of kickbacks to induce these TRICARE beneficiaries to order expensive drugs they really didn’t need.”
A former Chiefs and Jaguars linebacker, Grow's lawyers claim the company's structure was no different than Amway, Herbalife or Mary Kay.