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A New Mexico Dentist and his wife received 5 years of probation after they plead guilty of money-laundering charges and ordered to pay $1.3 million in restitution.

Dr. Raul Villalobos pleaded guilty to mail fraud, money laundering and making false statements charges in April. In exchange, the government dropped eight other charges against him. His wife, Elizabeth Villalobos, pleaded guilty to money laundering and tax fraud. In exchange, nine charges against her were dropped.

According to court records, the $1.3 million in restitution will go to the U.S. insurance companies they were accused of overbilling and double-billing for work done by them on U.S. patients at their clinic.

Court records show the FBI began investigating the Villalobos’ billing procedures in the mid-1990s after two insurance companies complained that they were receiving bills for services not performed.

By 2003, five insurance companies had provided dental claim records to authorities, records show.

“All five insurance companies found discrepancies in the billings submitted by R. Villalobos including unusual numbers of certain procedures, patients complaining of being charged for visits they did not make and undated X-rays not matching the procedures billed,” court records state.

Raul Villalobos is no longer a practicing dentist.