Friday, June 29, 2007

CORRECTED: Ex-HealthSouth CEO Scrushy sentenced to prison

(Reuters) - MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Ousted HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Richard Scrushy, acquitted two years ago in a major corporate fraud case, and former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman were both sentenced to prison on Thursday for bribery.




A federal judge sentenced Scrushy to six years and 10 months in prison and Siegelman to seven years and four months after they were convicted of involvement in a scheme to manipulate hospital building permissions that favored HealthSouth.


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