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NEWS ABOUT: HealthSouth

HealthSouth stories: 2 news summaries

HealthSouth Boss on Hook for $2.9B Fraud

Civil case finds
Scrushy to blame
after criminal acquittal

Jun 18, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four years after Richard Scrushy was acquitted of directing accounting fraud at HealthSouth, a judge has held him accountable for $2.876 billion, Bloomberg reports. “Scrushy was the CEO of the fraud,” said the judge, who ruled without a jury. The decision “is a shot across the... More »

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fraud • HealthSouth • lawsuit • Richard Scrushy

HealthSouth Boss Gets
7 Years for Bribery

Same stretch for Alabama governor

Jun 29, 07 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Scrushy, the former CEO of HealthSouth, was sentenced to almost 7 years in prison for giving the governor of Alabama $500,000 in exchange for a seat on the state hospital regulatory board, the Wall Street Journal reports. Former governor Don Siegelman was sentenced to over 7 years, and... More »

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fraud • prison • crime • Richard M. Scrushy • Don Siegelman • HealthSouth • Alabama

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