Former executives convicted of fraud

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Five former executives of a health-care company were convicted Thursday in a $1.9 billion fraud scheme prosecutors likened to large white-collar crime cases like Enron or WorldCom. The executives worked for National Century Financial Enterprises, described as the nation's largest health-care financing company before its 2002 bankruptcy. The five, some of the company's highest ranking executives, were convicted of multiple counts of conspiracy, wire and securities fraud, and money laundering. U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley described a statutory guideline of 20 years in prison.