Three more potential victims of a Lynchburg man who prosecutors say was posing as a doctor came forward Friday after news reports, Common-wealth’s Attorney Mike Doucette said.
Peter Adeniji-Bello, 60, of Irvington Springs Road has been indicted on five counts of practicing without a license, four counts of sexual battery, and four counts of obtaining money or property by false
pretense after he allegedly treated a local woman for cancer.
“We’ve had three more people who were possibly treated by him because of the press reports,” Doucette said. “We have had no opportunity to talk to them.”
Adeniji-Bello is accused of meeting with a woman to examine her and to sell her an unknown liquid to treat her cancer, with those meetings taking place in cars, the prosecutor said.
“She wanted holistic treatment, alternatives to chemotherapy,” Doucette said. “And that’s what he was supposed to be giving her.”
Court records show the alleged meetings took place from July 20 to Oct. 4.
Adeniji-Bello, who is from Nigeria, was jailed in Lynchburg this week after being extradited from New York. He was arrested at a New York City airport flying back into the United States.
He is the husband of Dr. Margaret Adeniji, who resigned in 2007 from her position as the associate director of Johnson Health Services. Attempts to contact her have been
unsuccessful.
Adeniji-Bello was released from the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center Friday after posting a $20,000 secured bond.
He is scheduled to appear in Lynchburg General District Court on April 1 for a hearing to determine if he has hired a lawyer.
Police are asking for those who had a similar experience with Adeniji-Bello to call Virginia State Police Special Agent Jason Trent at (434) 352-8288 or Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office investigator Eugene Wingfield at 455-3779.
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