A fake doctor from Florida, Onelio Hipolit-Gonzalez, arrested: police

Onelio Hipolit-Gonzalez promised that he could diagnose diabetes, cancer and other illnesses by asking people to hold a metal rod connected to a machine to beep, Florida police said .

And after telling people that they had a deadly disease, police said Hipolit-Gonzalez had promised to treat them for a price, according to Fox13.

The 73-year-old Brooksville man was arrested on Thursday because police claimed he pretended to be a doctor – and that he promised to cure someone's diabetes by taking his blood and putting back into his blood, as Fox13 reports.

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office accused him of pretending to be a doctor without a license and using a device to facilitate a crime.

According to the police, a plainclothes inspector organized a meeting with Hipolit-Gonzalez, who posed as a doctor on the Elclbadificado website, which addresses the Hispanic community, according to the WFLA.

The Florida Department of Health said the man called himself a doctor on the website, the WFLA reported, but was not allowed to practice in the state.

When the submarine arrived on Thursday, he had to pay $ 160 before the start of the meeting, the police said. Hipolit-Gonzalez then promised to test the man for "everything" and made him hold a metal rod connected to a machine, the police told WFLA.

Hipolit-Gonzalez told the MP that the machine, which was making noise, had discovered that he had "50% fat in the liver", "that his gall bladder was not healthy" and that he had other problems like diabetes and high cholesterol, according to the police, according to WTSP.

"Hipolit-Gonzalez then told the patient that he had already cured the owner of the house (they were using) his diabetes," a police spokesman said, according to WTSP. "He never identified the owner but quickly called him on the phone to get his testimony."

For $ 2,000, the man proposed a treatment plan to "cure" the MP's diabetes, according to Fox13. He informed the undercover officer that he would take some of his blood and then put it back in his body, the police said. He promised that this treatment "fights" diabetes, according to the police.

Denise Moloney, a spokeswoman for the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, told WFLA that this was a "very unusual" case.

"Basically, he takes people's money and tells them he's going to heal them," she said, according to the WFLA. "The first time I heard about something like this."

Police said they arrested the man during the "doctor's appointment" – and he expressed surprise at thinking that he would have broken the laws, reported Fox13.

"When asked when he had studied medicine, training or medical history, Hipolit-Gonzalez said he was a laboratory technician in Cuba. When he came to Florida, he went to school to obtain a certificate in iridology, herbology and nutrition. "The police say, according to WTSP.

He has since been released on bail, according to the inmate's reservation information.