An
18-year-old
Florida man is accused of posing as a licensed doctor, going as far as opening
his own West Palm Beach offices — calling it the New Birth New Life Medical
Center & Urgent Care, with a website and all — in order to solicit
patients, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
18-year-old
Florida man is accused of posing as a licensed doctor, going as far as opening
his own West Palm Beach offices — calling it the New Birth New Life Medical
Center & Urgent Care, with a website and all — in order to solicit
patients, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
As part of an
undercover operation, authorities said, an agent posed as a patient at the
clinic to seek advice from the alleged doctor, young Malachi A. Love-Robinson.
The teenager then
performed a physical exam and offered his supposed medical expertise, officials
added.
He was
subsequently arrested and booked for practicing medicine without a license.
The Palm Beach
County Department of Health had previously investigated and cited the teen in
October for the same scam, authorities said.
Health officials
on Tuesday sent a cease-and-desist notice and also issued Love-Robinson several
citations.
A message left at
a phone number listed on the New Birth New Life Medical Center website on
Tuesday was not immediately returned.
On the center's
website, the facility bills itself as a "staff of Alternative Medical
Professionals" that creates a holistic care plan for patients.
"We work
together to serve your entire family for all of your medical needs in all
stages of life," the site says.
It was unclear if
any of the other people pictured on the website had anything to do with it at
all or if they were just stock or stolen photos.
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