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Former Texas Kicker Erxleben Charged With Fraud

Posted: Jan 24, 2013 1:26 PM by Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Federal authorities say former Texas and NFL kicker Russell Erxleben has been arrested and charged with running an illegal investment scheme that raised more than $2 million.

Erxleben's arrest was announced Thursday by the U.S. Attorney's office in Austin. Erxleben is to appear before a federal magistrate judge Thursday afternoon.

The 56-year-old Erxleben faces several counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering from 2005 to 2009. According to the indictment, Erxleben lured investors into fraudulent ventures dealing in post-WW I German government bonds and the paintings of French artist Paul Gauguin.

Erxleben was sentenced in 1999 to federal prison for running an investment scam that robbed investors of $36 million.

He holds the record for the longest field goal in UT history - 67 yards - in 1978.

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