A recent federal government indictment of a former executive for national hospital chain Health Management Associates (HMA) provides yet another example of the fact that a cover-up can lead to consequences as severe as the crime itself. The indictment, which was unsealed November 26, charges the executive, who worked for HMA between 1994 and 2011, with falsifying a document to impede a federal government investigation in 2008. The executive, Joshua Putter, could face up to 20 years of imprisonment if convicted. Read more >>
This article originally appeared on the McGuireWoods blog Subject to Inquiry, which provides commentary on white collar, congressional, SEC, energy enforcement and other government inquiries.