As we reported here in August, former Minnesota Vikings first round pick Michael Bennett and two other were implicated in a tax fraud scheme. 

The Boston Herald via the Associated Press is reporting that Bennett was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.

The 34-year-old Bennett was sentenced Friday in a Fort Lauderdale federal court.

Prosecutors said that Bennett, former New York Giant William Joseph, and Louis Gacheline were illegally cashing tax refund checks in a north Miami convenience store.

The group had cashed about $500,000 checks before being caught in an undercover FBI sting.