TESTIMONY WILL RESUME TODAY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON IN THE TRIAL OF A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA DENTIST ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICAID BY PERFORMING UNNECESSARY DENTAL WORK ON CHILDREN AND THE POOR. ROY SHELBURNE OF PENNINGTON GAP INITIALLY WAS CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING, FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING, BUT A CHARGE OF STRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS IN A WAY TO AVOID FEDERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WAS ADDED. AN INDICTMENT ALLEGES SHELBURNE HAD BEEN COMMITTING FRAUD SINCE 1998 BY EITHER BILLING FOR UNNECESSARY DENTAL WORK HE PERFORMED, DOING ONE PROCEDURE BUT BILLING ANOTHER OR BY DOUBLE BILLING FOR SOME PROCEDURES. SHELBURNE ALLEGEDLY TARGETED LOW-INCOME PATIENTS. PROSECUTORS CLAIMS SOME SERVICES WERE DETERMIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH OF HIS PATIENTS. THEY SAY SHELBURNE SUBMITTED NEARLY 150 FALSE BILLINGS BEGINNING IN 1998. IF CONVICTED, HE FACES UP TO 120 YEARS IN PRISON. OFFICIALS EXPECT THE CASE TO CONTINUE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.