Friday, March 20, 2009

Bigger then Enron- Richard Scott and Friends

March 26, 2008; By Jodi Andes; THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Nine other executives have been convicted or pleaded guilty in National Century's collapse.

Only Poulsen and executive James Happ still await trial.

Only Poulsen and executive James Happ still await trial?

December 18, 2008 - The ONE AND ONLY acquittal; James K Happ!
By Jodi Andes THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Prosecutors' case fell short, juror says National Century fraud case produces 1st acquittal ; The "not guilty" verdicts that came in federal court yesterday were not so much a vindication of the last National Century Financial Enterprises executive to stand trial, a juror said.

Instead, they were more a belief that federal prosecutors had not done their job, the juror said after he and his fellow jurors acquitted James K. Happ of five counts after 12 hours of deliberation. "He very well may have been guilty. A lot of us thought he was," said the juror who wouldn't give his name. "But if he was, you gotta have the evidence."

To unravel this massive fraud that links FRAUD intertwined with Healthcare, Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Institutes we can go back to 1979-but I will start with 1997:

July 26, 1997, Los Angeles Times article:
A controversial deal maker whose hard-nosed business tactics have reshaped the medical industry resigned Friday as scandal engulfed the vast hospital empire he had assembled over the last decade.

Richard Scott -- sometimes called "the Bill Gates of health care" -- quit as chairman of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. amid a massive federal investigation into the Medicare billing, physician recruiting and home-care practices of the nation's largest for-profit health care company.

Though the federal probe focuses on other states, Columbia's aggressive expansion has included California, where the company operates 15 hospitals, 13 surgery centers and 10 home-health-care agencies, employing more than 11,000.

July 26, 1997- Where was James K Happ?
SEC Form September 9, 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Med Diversified Inc.:
Previously, Mr. Happ served for three years as executive vice president of NCFE, during which time he restructured the servicer department to improve operational performance and accelerated the utilization of technology to increase operational efficiency.

Mr. Happ also served as chief financial officer of the Dallas-based Columbia Homecare Group, Inc.,
… In this role, he directed the company through the challenging reimbursement climate, known as the interim payment system, and participated in the divestiture of all of Columbia/HCA's home care operations

Who purchased the majority of this divestiture in late ’98 & early ’99?
Medshares, Inc. of Memphis, Tennessee
Who financed this divestiture?
National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc.

Sherry Gibson pleaded guilty in 2003 to a lesser charge of securities fraud in exchange for helping prosecutors. Gibson told jurors she told investors "absolutely nothing" about National Century's practices of advancing cash to Memphis, Tenn.-based Medshares, a home-health care provider… July 30, 1999 MEDSHARES INC: Health Care Services Provider Files Chapter 11

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