Ex-NFL player Rucker gets nearly two years for embezzling from charities
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Former National Football League wide receiver Reggie Rucker was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly two years in prison for embezzling more than $110,000 from anti-violence charities for personal use and to pay gambling debts. Rucker, 68, pleaded guilty in February to one count of wire fraud and one count of making false statements to the FBI when agents questioned him about his suspected diversion of charitable funds. U.S. District Judge Dan Polster sentenced Rucker to 21 months and ordered the former Cleveland Browns player from 1975 to 1981, to pay more than $110,000 in restitution.
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