The investigation into a Tel Aviv resident was opened following a patient who suspected that someone who treated him was not a real doctor • His arrest was extended by 4 days today

• Illustration by Oren Ben Hakun

Police arrested a suspect yesterday for impersonating a doctor, fraudulently accepting and impersonating a certificate holder.

Joint activity by the Israel Police and the Ministry of Health, the Enforcement and Supervision Division, resulted in the arrest of a suspect who impersonated a plastic surgeon and for years treated unlicensed patients while giving them false promises about his medical treatment.

The Israeli police, in collaboration with the Ministry of Enforcement and Supervision of the Ministry of Health, launched an investigation into a suspected impersonator of a dermatologist and who, over the past few years, suspected that his patients performed medical operations that were only permitted by a qualified physician.

It is suspected that the imposter used to rent a room in the clinics where he received the patients, and as part of the treatment he used to inject them with different materials while promising to provide cosmetic treatment of different types.

The suspect was arrested about a month ago following a complaint received from a patient who suspected it was an imposter.
Police launched an undercover investigation, which led to several other patients, who told of the damage they had suffered as a result of the imposter doctor's treatment. Yesterday (Tuesday), the suspect was arrested and in possession of syringes, needles and medical supplies allowed for possession and use only by a qualified physician.

The suspect, born in 1985, a resident of Tel Aviv, was taken to the police station for questioning and this morning his arrest was extended for another four days in court.

It is suspected that over the years, the impostor received patients in clinics in the Ramat Hachayal area in Tel Aviv and in the Bnei Brak area, and performed medical operations in other patients. Police are inviting anyone who has been treated, as well as anyone affected by the impostor, to come to the police station and file a complaint.