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Mar 28, 2022 · Richard Toussaint was freed on Jan. 18 through the Bureau of Prisons’ First Step Release program. Toussaint once faced up to 70 years in prison but was sentenced to five-and-half years in 2020 ...
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Toussaint faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine for each count. Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date. Co-defendants Andrea Kay Smith, 37, of Rockwall, Kelly Wade Loter, 48, of Dallas, and Israel Ortiz, 49, also of Dallas previously pleaded guilty to their role in the conspiracy. The remaining ...
According to plea documents filed in the case, Toussaint, an anesthesiologist, met co-defendant Barker in approximately 2003 and began providing anesthesia services for his cases around 2005. Around 2008, Toussaint and Barker decided to start their own physician-owned hospital, Forest Park Medical Center (FPMC). All the surgeries at FPMC were to be...
Toussaint and Barker owned a commercial real estate company that was working on the continued development of FPMC. Beauchamp used the company to funnel bribe and kickback payments in exchange for patient referrals.
FPMC also made bribe and kickback payments to chiropractors to induce them to send their patients that needed surgery to FPMC as opposed to other facilities. Toussaint would often meet with chiropractors for these discussions and there was a clear quid-pro-quo, that is, the chiropractors were paid to refer their patients to FPMC.
The case was investigated by the FBI, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Office of Inspector General, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal In...
Dr. Richard Toussaint, the Dallas anesthesiologist and co-founder of the bankrupt Forest Park Medical Center hospital chain, was found guilty on Thursday of seven counts of healthcare fraud and ...
Aug 10, 2020 · Richard Ferdinand Toussaint, Jr. – who is already serving a 41-month federal prison sentence for a separate health care fraud conviction – pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Forest Park scheme in March 2018, admitting to one count of conspiracy to pay health care bribes and kickbacks and one count of illegal remuneration under the ...
- Wilton “Mac” Burt, Forest Park’s managing partner, was found guilty on 10 of 12 counts, including one count of conspiracy, two counts of paying kickbacks, six counts of commercial bribery in violation of the Travel Act, and one count of money laundering.
- Jackson Jacob, owner of the shell companies through which some of the bribes were routed, was found guilty on four of 14 counts, including conspiracy and three counts of paying kickbacks.
- Dr. Douglas Won, a spinal surgeon, was found guilty on one of two counts, conspiracy. He was sentenced Thursday to 60 months in federal prison.
- Dr. Michael Rimlawi, a spinal surgeon who partnered with Won, was found guilty on three of four counts, including conspiracy and two counts of receiving kickbacks.
Oct 26, 2020 · Richard Ferdinand Toussaint, Jr. – who is already serving a 41-month federal prison sentence for a separate health care fraud conviction – pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Forest Park ...
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Aug 11, 2020 · Dr. Richard F. Toussaint Jr., an anesthesiologist who helped found and was part owner of Forest Park Medical Center, has been sentenced to five-and-half years in federal prison and has been ...
