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Thursday, October 16, 2003

Wow. That's a shock.--Ousted HealthSouth chief keeps silent at House panel hearing

By MARCY GORDON
The Associated Press
10/16/2003, 9:36 a.m. CT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ousted HealthSouth chief Richard Scrushy is invoking his constitutional privilege and refusing to answer lawmakers' questions in their investigation of the $2.5 billion accounting scandal engulfing the major medical services company.

Scrushy sat somberly in the front row Thursday as members of House Energy and Commerce Committee's investigative panel denounced his conduct and what they called a massive fraud at HealthSouth that nearly brought it down. [...]

[Panel chairman Rep. Jim Greenwood, R-Pa.] said he was deeply troubled that Scrushy granted a "no-holds-barred" interview while refusing to answer questions from Congress.

"Why is Mr. Scrushy unwilling to answer here today, under oath, some of the exact same questions asked of him by a reporter?" Greenwood demanded.

Oh, I'm sure there's probably a good reason...

Fifteen former HealthSouth employees have reached plea deals with the Justice Department, including all five of the Birmingham, Ala.-based company's former CFOs. Scrushy hasn't been charged with any criminal wrongdoing; his lawyers have said they expect him to be indicted.

Yep, that might be why he doesn't want to talk.

"You have to rely, you have to trust people," he said during an interview Sunday on the CBS television program "60 Minutes." "I mean, you hire them. You pay them good salaries. You expect them to do the right thing." [...]

Sounds like they have decided the right thing to do is cooperate with federal prosecutors.

posted by Terry at 9:55:00 AM

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