From The Associated Press, 3/3/06:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2006/mar/03/030308998.html
Ex-Hospital Exec, GOP Donor to Plead Guilty
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) -
A former hospital company executive has agreed to plead guilty to
federal charges in connection with $50,000 in illegal corporate
campaign contributions over more than five years, the man's lawyer and
court papers said Friday.
Donald M. Boucher, who was a vice president of LifeCare Management
Services of Plano, Texas, made the contributions between April 1997
and December 2002, prosecutors said in a filing in U.S. District Court
in Washington.
LifeCare operates 21 hospitals in Louisiana, Texas and seven other
states, according to the company's Web site.
Most of Boucher's contributions went to Republican members of
Congress, mainly from states with LifeCare hospitals, according to
federal campaign records.
Individuals may contribute to federal candidates and committees, but
corporate contributions are banned under federal law.
Prosecutors say Boucher was involved in a plan to be reimbursed for
his contributions by LifeCare, said Jay Stewart, Boucher's attorney in
Austin, Texas.
No date has been set for his plea hearing.
Another former LifeCare executive, David LeBlanc, remains under
investigation, Stewart said.
He represents LeBlanc as well.
LifeCare was acquired last summer by the Carlyle Group.
Twenty-four patients died at a LifeCare facility on the grounds of a
Tenet Healthcare Corp. hospital in New Orleans that was cut off by
floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina.
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It's endless, folks.
Harry
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