A FORENSIC report into accounting irregularities at HealthSouth was delivered to the US company's board of directors this month consistent with earlier predictions that accounting fraud at the company could top $45 billion.

A FORENSIC report into accounting irregularities at HealthSouth was delivered to the US company's board of directors this month consistent with earlier predictions that accounting fraud at the company could top $45 billion. Legal advice Balch & Bingham and a forensic accounting team from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) assisted in compiling the report.

Jon Hanson, chairman of the Special Audit Review Committee, said the report would show "invaluable" ...