Man who posed as NFL player gets five years

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A D.C. man who posed as an NFL player has been sentenced to five years in a fraud scheme that swindled area women, authorities announced Monday.

Maurice Carter, 30, told several women that he played wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, and talked them into paying for hotel rooms, expensive meals and other items, all under the false promise that he’d pay them back.

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