HealthSouth Exec Gets Probation, Fine

For the fourth time this week a judge declined to give jail time to a former HealthSouth Corp. executive, sentencing an ex-employee to two years’ probation and a $5,000 fine for her role in an accounting scandal.

Catherine Fowler, 37, a former HealthSouth vice president of treasury and cash manager, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to deceive auditors and maintain false books and records at the Birmingham, Ala.-based company.

Judge U.W. Clemon, again ignoring government recommendations of jail time, said: “The court finds the government has not proven loss or gain by the defendant’s conduct.”