Former UF player charged with bank fraud

Alligator File Photo A former Florida football player has been indicted by a grand jury on bank fraud.

Kadeem Telfort, who played for the Gators as an offensive lineman during his freshman year in 2017, was charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud as well as 17 counts of bank fraud, according to a press release from the U.S Attorney’s Office last Tuesday. The fraud occurred between July 1 and Oct. 31 in 2017.

While at Florida, Telfort was charged with taking part in a credit card scheme with eight other UF football players in 2017. He pleaded no contest, served two years of probation and was not reinstated to the team. He later played football for the Garden City Community College…