Four Rite Aid Corp. executives indicted in plan to inflate prof

Saturday, June 22, 2002

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Three former Rite Aid Corp. executives were indicted Friday for allegedly falsifying the books in a scheme that inflated the drugstore chain's profits by $1.6 billion and forced the biggest restatement of corporate earnings in U.S. history.

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