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Dallas Doctors Plead Guilty to $9M Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Two pain management doctors in Dallas who made millions of dollars by billing insurance companies for corticosteroid shots they pretended to give patients pleaded guilty Tuesday to healthcare fraud charges. 

Drs. Desi Barroga and Deno Barroga, 51-year-old twin brothers, face as much as 10 years in prison after pleading guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Rutherford to one count each of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.   

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