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The Insurance Acceptance Insurance Company filed a lawsuit for fraud against Armstrong because he hid his doping practices to win the Tour de France in 1999, 2000 and 2001, during which the company based in Nebraska paid premiums Texan victory. According to court documents filed in Travis County (Texas), where Austin is, it seeks reimbursement of $ 3 million to Armstrong and Tailwind, the owner of the cycling team for which he ran seven Tours of France (1999-2005) removed from his record. monton cycling jersey "By way of deception and cheating, Armstrong has committed fraud. This trial seeks reimbursement of three million in undeserved rewards that Lance Armstrong was obtained through fraud," the documents show. AIC is also Tailwind, the owner of the cycling team for which he ran seven Tours de France (1999-2005) removed from his record. The American is also subject to a complaint partnership filed in a federal court in Los Angeles against FRS, a nutritional supplement company that employed Armstrong as ambassador. cycling bibs Believes that this complaint FRS and Armstrong have used misleading advertising when they assured consumers that these nutritional products were "secret weapon" of the ex-cyclist. These two files are added to the other course. Including that of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently decided to join the fraud complaint filed against Armstrong by his former teammate Floyd Landis, on the basis of U.S. law against misrepresentation. If convicted of having deceived the government using public money, through sponsorship of the team by the U.S. Postal Service to fund such a program doping, Armstrong may have to pay up to $ 90 million , a very large part of his fortune. "This trial is designed to help the USPS to recover tens of millions of dollars paid during the years of broken promises," says the DOJ about the civil complaint filed in federal court in Washington, which also aims Tailwind and sporting director Belgian Johan Bruyneel. The American is also continued in the United States by the insurer SCA Promotions, which seeks reimbursement of $ 12 million paid after a commercial dispute in 2005, and in Britain by The Sunday Times, which requires 1.2 million to compensate for a financial agreement in 2006 following a libel Armstrong.cycle shorts The Texan has so far managed to avoid all forms of criminal prosecution but it would nevertheless be subject to U.S. federal investigation for "obstruction of justice, witness tampering and intimidation."
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