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Scrushy slapped with $2.88 billion fine in shareholder suit
Charges against Siegelman, Scrushy will stand
Prosecutors fight to uphold Scrushy bribery conviction
HealthSouth, surgeons settle kickback case for $15M
HealthSouth shows more healthy numbers
HealthSouth gets back $440 million from IRS
HealthSouth's Scrushy going to jail
It's the end of the line for high-profile healthcare exec Richard Scrushy, who was sentenced to almost seven years in prison yesterday for his conviction on federal bribery charges. Scrushy, who now runs a church out of a television studio, continues to deny wrongdoing.
Unlike peers involved in similar scandals at Enron, WorldCom and Tyco, Scrushy actually managed to …
... Read more...HealthSouth founder settles with SEC for $81M
This could be the final chapter in the convoluted legal troubles of HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy. Scrushy has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a suit resulting from a investigation of his role in the firm's $2.7 billion accounting fraud. The SEC suit asserted that Scrushy ordered executives to cook the books at HealthSouth when earnings were shaky. The now-notorious …
... Read more...Scrushy faces prison as judge rejects retrial request
HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy (photo) has lost his bid for a new trial on political corruption charges unrelated to the $2.7 billion accounting fraud problem. Both Scrushy and former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman had been found guilty in June of taking part in a bribery scandal, on charges, including conspiracy and mail fraud, …
... Read more...Federal fraud program nabs $1.47B
Last year was a good year for federal healthcare fraud investigators, who expect to recover a total of $1.47 billion from fraud cases filed in fiscal 2005, according to a report in political newspaper The Hill. Working under the auspices of the federal Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, which began in 1997, the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services have recovered a total of $8.85 billion to date, according to …
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