SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) Little Rock Field Office announced it is asking the public's help to identify any potential victims of Dr. Brian Hyatt.

Hyatt is a former Northwest Arkansas psychiatrist and Arkansas State Medical Board chairman who is facing one criminal case and over 200 lawsuits. He became the director of the Northwest Medical Center Behavioral Health Unit in Springdale in January 2018.

The lawsuits allege Hyatt unlawfully coerced, abused, and held patients against their will within the behavioral unit to receive more money from Medicare between 2018 and 2022.

On Sept. 17, officials with the FBI said they are investigating whether Hyatt and others at the Behavioral Health Unit held patients against their will between January 2018 and Ju

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