California man charged with selling fake cancer cure

From Jackie Castillo
CNN

(CNN) - A California man who claimed to have the cure to cancer will be in court Monday after being arrested for practicing medicine without a license and supplying patients with supplements containing non-FDA-approved drugs.

Kurt Walter Donsbach, 73, of Bonita, California, faces 11 felony charges ranging from treating patients without a license, misbranding drugs for sale, grand theft and unlawfully dispensing drugs as a cure for cancer, according to a statement from the San Diego County District Attorney's office.

He was arrested Friday during his Internet radio broadcast, the DA's office said.

A joint FBI and Food and Drug Administration investigation revealed that Donsbach is not licensed in California as a physician, chiropractor or naturopathic doctor despite claims to the contrary on his Web site.

Among the patients treated by Donsbach was Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr who died three years ago at his holistic health center in Rosarita Beach, Mexico.

Bail is set at $1.5 million for Donsbach, and if convicted, he will face a maximum of six years in prison.