Hardly a penny stock scam, they paid out 100 million dollars at one point for a fine. Next....
"HealthSouth has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit stemming from the massive accounting fraud at the outpatient services giant.
The Birmingham, Ala.-based company did not admit any wrongdoing under the agreement, which settles a civil lawsuit brought in 2003 after a federal investigation uncovered a scheme by former executives to inflate earnings by nearly $2.7 billion."
In the end, remember who and what led you down the path.