AUSTIN — A Texas trial court ruled Dr. Richard Malouf is liable to the state for $16.5 million for Medicaid fraud. Malouf, the former operator of orthodontics clinics who committed 1,842 violations of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, previously garnered media attention for building a massive waterpark in the backyard of his 37,000-square-foot mansion in Dallas.
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