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Now 25-year-old serial con artist was arrested again for stealing over $10,000 from an employer, Local 10 reported.
The name Malachi Love-Robinson may ring a bell since he was the infamous teen who impersonated a doctor, operating under the name “Dr. Love,” who opened the New Birth New Life Medical Center in 2016, The Sun Sentinel reported.
This time, Love-Robinson was a salesperson for a business that linked shippers to trucking companies, United States of Freight, which he had worked for since 2020. However, instead of making payments to the actual companies, Love-Robinson had them send payments to accounts he owned, including Venmo and Paypal.
According to BuzzFeed, the company’s owner, Dan O’Sullivan, realized what Love-Robinson was doing when he called customers requesting payment. He confronted the 25-year-old, and he admitted through text messages.
“I swear I wasn’t thinking, and I will make it right,” Love-Robinson texted his boss. “I get these compulsive stages and do things without thinking.”
He was sentenced to over 28 months in prison.
He was initially arrested in 2016 at 18 for practicing medicine without a medical license. After continuing his medical scam despite being told to stop, he was arrested and released
the next day on bail.The 18-year-old then took advantage of an 80-year-old woman complaining of stomach pains by stealing over $30,000 from her during fictitious house calls. He used that money to pay down his credit cards and car loans.
He also stole $20,000 from a doctor. He was eventually arrested after he examined and prescribed remedies to a patient who happened to be an undercover cop. He was ordered to undergo a mental health assessment by a judge.
After he was released on bail following his first arrest for the scam, Love-Robinson went on Good Morning America to defend himself, claiming he never said he was a doctor.
“There are many types of degrees out there that just because someone has the title doctor in front of their name does not necessarily imply MD,” he said.
He was also arrested in Virginia after he attempted to buy a $35,000 Jaguar with a stolen credit card. He was released in 2019.