A Tennessee man with the same name as New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth is facing charges alleging that he used the names of hundreds of dead or retired pro baseball players to make phony claims for payouts in class action settlements.

A Tennessee man named George Herman “Babe" Ruth has been charged after allegedly using names of dead professional baseball players in a six-figure fraud scheme.

A Tennessee man and namesake of MLB icon Babe Ruth used the IDs of former and late baseball player to wrongly cash in on class action lawsuit settlements, federal prosecutors said recently