Here are five points:
1. The teen, Malachi Love-Robinson, said he considered himself a physician and asked patients to refer to him as such because he had a PhD from Universal Church Seminary. Anyone can purchase a doctorate from the online institution for $29.95.
2. The teen had two additional degrees from Tempe, Ariz.-based Southwest College of Natural Medicine and Arizona State University in Phoenix, which investigators say are fraudulent.
3. Southwest College entices people to purchase a degree through its “Discover the Physician in You” program, which “recognizes that there is more to medicine than drugs and surgery.” Investigators are not sure how much Mr. Love-Robinson paid for this ‘degree.’
4. The teen claims he only practiced alternative medicine and denies allegations of practicing medicine without a license and fraud. Mr. Love-Robinson is out on bail after police arrested the teen on Tuesday.
5. On “Good Morning America,” ABC’s senior national correspondent Matt Gutman asked the teen if he was a fraud. After saying he did not like Mr. Gutman’s tone, Mr. Love-Robinson walked off the interview set.
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