Man Found Guilty of Medical Fraud of Yakima Residents

A California man who told central Washington residents that God taught him how to construct a laser that cured cancer will spend two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to medical fraud.

67-year-old Edward J. Brown was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Spokane.

Brown has been in the Yakima County Detention Center since January, when he was extradited from Canada.

Court documents say Brown traveled to Yakima multiple times in 2005 from California and Mexico, meeting with patients who believed he had a medical license and had cured others of ailments including cancer and allergies.

Court documents say Brown falsely claimed to have a medical degree from the Oral Roberts University School of Medicine.