‘Dr. Love’ sentenced to prison for grand theft and fraud

“Doctor Love,” the teen doctor who made headlines for practicing medicine without a license, is going back to prison on fraud charges.

Malachi Love-Robinson, now 25, pleaded guilty to grand theft and organized scheme to defraud.

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Last month, a judge sentenced Love-Robinson to 28 months in prison followed by two years of probation.

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The charges stem from an investigation in March 2020 when the owner of United States of Freight, a shipping broker in Delray Beach, accused Love-Robinson of rerouting payments from the business to his personal accounts.

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Malachi Love-Robinson, 25, of West Palm Beach, was sentenced to 28 months in prison followed by two years of probation after he pleaded guilty to grand theft and fraud. He gained notoriety as a teen in 2015 when he was caught posing as a doctor.

Malachi Love-Robinson, 25, of West Palm Beach, was sentenced to 28 months in prison followed by two years of probation after he pleaded guilty to grand theft and fraud. He gained notoriety as a teen in 2015 when he was caught posing as a doctor. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office )

In 2018, two years after police first arrested Love-Robinson, he pleaded guilty to six different charges and received three-and-a-half years in prison. Investigators said he set up a holistic medical practice in West Palm Beach and stole more than $30,000 from a patient, and another $20,000 from a doctor’s account.

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Love-Robinson also served one year in prison in Virginia for trying to buy a Jaguar with someone else’s credit card.

In the latest case, Love-Robinson must pay more than $10,000 in restitution.

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