Dallas doctor who billed for services he didn’t perform guilty in $10M fraud scheme

A Dallas anesthesiologist who submitted bogus payment claims — including one when he was actually under anesthesia for surgery himself — has been found guilty of bilking millions from the U. S. government. Dr. Richard Ferdinand Toussaint Jr. was convicted on all seven counts of fraud Thursday after a four-day trial in a Dallas federal court. Toussaint, 58, is the co-founder of Forest Park Medical Center, which had a history of paying physician kickbacks before it went bankrupt.
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