Ex-NFL player arrested for allegedly arranging car crashes

A former NFL football player is accused of leading an insurance fraud ring in California.

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(Bloomberg) — Former National Football League wide receiver Jeff Webb is accused of being the ringleader of a group that staged car collisions to defraud insurance companies.

Webb, 34, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs, was arrested on multiple felony counts following crashes that resulted in $70,000 in claims and a total potential loss of $139,000, the California Department of Insurance said Wednesday in a statement. As the leader, Webb allegedly received a bulk of the money paid by the victim companies, which included Progressive Corp., York Risk Services Group, Rental Insurance Services and Hertz Claim Management.

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