According to an Associated Press story, as many as two dozen football players from the Fresno State football program have been implicated in a welfare fraud investigation involving a county Department of Social Services worker accused of filing for false benefits for them and others.
The accusations involve members of the 2010 football team, many of which are with the current squad. Fresno State officials would not say how many current players are implicated or how deep the probe has gone. In a written statement, the university did say that "violations of the Code of Conduct did occur and punitive actions have been levied upon a number of current student-athletes."