Morristown Man with Same Name as Babe Ruth Accused of Elaborate Scam Using Names of Dead Baseball Players

Feds: Man used names of many ex-St. Louis Cardinals, Browns players in fraud scheme

The man, George Herman Ruth, has the same legal name as baseball great Babe Ruth.

Morristown man with same name as Babe Ruth accused of elaborate scam using names of dead baseball players

A Morristown man is accused of running an elaborate scam to obtain and launder more than $550,000 in class action claims.

East TN man named George Herman Ruth accused of massive fraud scheme using dead baseball players' names

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Morristown man is facing more than 90 federal charges after he was accused of submitting hundreds of fraudulent class action lawsuit claims using the names of dead or retired baseball players. On August 12, 69-year-old George Herman Ruth of Morristown was indicted on 91 criminal counts, including mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers, money laundering, making false statemen…