Firm's health going south. Federal authorities charge HealthSouth, leader Scrushy with 'massive accounting fraud,' systematic betrayal of investors.
HealthSouth and its chief executive Richard Scrushy, left, find themselves coping with a public relations nightmare after federal officials last week charged the rehabilitation giant with "massive accounting fraud" and a systematic betrayal of tens of thousands of investors.
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