Witness says Scrushy, fearing lawsuit, ordered fraud to continue

Thursday, February 3, 2005

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- With earnings sagging at HealthSouth Corp., then-chief executive Richard Scrushy ordered aides to continue a huge fraud because he planned to sell $100 million in stock and "didn't want to get sued," a former finance chief testified Wednesday.

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