Dallas doctor and Forest Park co-founder guilty in $10M medical fraud scheme

Dr. Richard Ferdinand Toussaint Jr., who co-founded the Forest Park Medical Center system that has spiraled into bankruptcy, faces up to 70 years in prison after being found guilty of committing a $10 million health care fraud.

The Dallas anesthesiologist was convicted before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor on all seven counts he faced. He was found guilty of fraud on Thursday after a four-day trial in which government prosecutors accused him of submitting falsified payment claims to Blue…