Eighteen-year-old “Physician” Arrested

Mugshot of Malachi Love-Robertson in Palm Beach County, Florida. Photo courtesy of Google Images.

Apparently all it takes these days to be a doctor is a cheap white coat, a couple of acronyms after your name, and a fake diploma hanging on the wall. At least, that’s how it was in the case of Malachi Love-Robertson, an eighteen-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida, who practiced naturopathic medicine without a license for a month before he was caught. On his website, Love-Robertson claims to be the 25-year-old head of his practice. He even has two employees.

Despite what Love-Robertson may have thought, it is not that simple to become a physician. After an undercover agent went to his practice and had a checkup, the eighteen-year-old was caught practicing medicine without a license, which is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison. He has been charged with practicing medicine without a license as well as grand theft.

One of his victims includes an 86-year-old woman by the name of Anita Morrison, who found him on the Internet. She complained of intense stomach pain, and said that no other doctor was able to help her. Morrison had him come to her house, and during the many house calls that Love-Robinson responded to, he stole checks from her home, which he then cashed.

This is not the first time Malachi has impersonated a doctor. In his previous stint in medicine, the then 17-year-old was found in the outpatient building of St. Mary’s Medical Center wearing a lab coat and observing a gynecological exam. Four months before his arrest, he was served with a cease-and-desist order after it came to the attention of the Department of Health that he was attempting to practice medicine without having gone to medical school or receiving training.

The teenager claims to have a doctorate from an online Christian school called Ulife Church. He admitted to police that his diplomas from the Southwest College of Natural Medicine and Arizona State University are not real. Also, the confusing acronyms he placed after his name, including “HHP-C” and “AMP-C” have not been deciphered.