LAKE HAVASU CITY – Federal authorities have announced the indictment of a Lake Havasu City couple who operated a facility in Lake Havasu City that allegedly offered illegitimate treatment to patients throughout the United States. The FBI reports it is working to identify victims of the fraudulent scam involving the Blakely Clinic in Lake Havasu.
“Mary and Fred Blakeley (husband and wife) were arrested, and search warrants were executed in multiple locations in Arizona and one location in Utah,” a Jan. 23 press release from the FBI office in Phoenix said.
Additional detail comes in a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
“The indictment alleges that the two defendants were the principals of a medical clinic business that charged clients throughout the United States approximately $300 for conducting what the defendants described as “full body scans” by use of an ultrasound machine,” the press release said.
“The defendants falsely claimed that, through the deployment of a “smart chip technology” invented by defendant Mary Blakley and purportedly added to the ultrasound machines, their “full body scans” could diagnose a wide variety of human diseases and medical conditions, including blood cancers, such as leukemia, and candida in the bowel, the release said. “The indictment further alleges that the defendants falsely and fraudulently claimed that the Blakeley Clinics’ full body scans, using the purported “smart chip technology,” could perform many other medical procedures, including colonoscopies, non-invasive prostate exams, and electrocardiograms.’’
Kevin Smith, with the FBI in Phoenix, said the agency is hoping to contact patient/victims of the scheme to collect additional information through an online questionnaire:
https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/victim-services/seeking-victim-information/seeking-patients-of-mary-blakley
Dave Hawkins
Couple indicted for medical fraud
