LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The FBI’s Little Rock Division is looking to identify potential victims who may have been allegedly held against their will by Dr. Brian Hyatt in Northwest Arkansas.
The FBI said in a news release that it is investigating Hyatt and others at the Behavioral Health Unit at the Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. The department said it is investigating whether Hyatt and others “unlawfully held some patients against their will” at NWMC between Jan. 1, 2018, and June 1, 2022.
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The FBI said anyone who believes they may have been a victim of Hyatt’s or NWMC, or has information relevant to this investigation, should fill out a form on the department’s website.
The department said that it is legally mandated to identify victims of federal crimes it investigates.
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In April 2022, a confidential informant told the Arkansas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that Dr. Brian Hyatt, 52, then director of the Behavioral Health Unit in Springdale, was often present only briefly during scheduled workdays and had little to no contact with patients…