An Austell man has been arrested and charged with unlawfully practicing medicine in South Carolina, according to a report in The State newspaper.
Ernest Addo was being held in the Cobb County jail Sunday. He allegedly took the identity of a friend who is a doctor and practiced medicine for six months, treating up to 500 senior citizens around Columbia, Lexington County authorities told the newspaper.
Deputies are in Cobb County interviewing Addo and beginning the extradition process, police told the newspaper. Addo allegedly used documents from a friend who is a doctor in Orangeburg, S.C. to convince at least one company that he was a physician. Agape Senior Primary Care hired Addo in February, and he treated its patients up until Wednesday, when he quit, authorities with the company said in a statement.
"Agape is shocked that someone would perpetuate such a fraud upon it and its patients," Chief Clinical Officer Janet DiNino said in the statement. "Agape has taken immediate steps to protect its patients and ensure all care was appropriate."
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