if he was so guilty, why was he not indicted? Simply put, they did not have the evidence.
You ignore the 1.3 BILLION DOLLAR REASON. Had they been innocent, they would have refused to pay a 1.3 BILLION, thats BILLON WITH a B, the largest medicare fraud fine in the history of our country. Then we would have seen the evidence in court. But they weren’t innocent and choose to pay the largest fine in history. BECAUSE they agreed to pay the largest medicare fraud fine in history, Scott got to slink away with his tail between his legs and his ill gotten gains in the bank.
And you just voted for him…
Criminal cases precede civil settlesments, not the other way around. Or are you saying they offered a 1.3B settlement to the government to go away? There was also disagreement at the board over whether to pay or fight the charges, obviously they felt they had no choice but to pay but that alone is not evidence against Scott. No finger prints on this one from him, case dismissed.
BTW, in case you do not already know, Scott was forced out by the BOD early in the investigation over the objections of one of the original partners: Richard Raintree. Some managers of HCA did go to jail I believe but seems to me the government would have been happy to have been able to lock scott up too but could not overcome the fact they had no proof on him. Oh I know, the FBI did a poor job right as probably Reno interceded on his behalf.