A Newton therapist has agreed to plead guilty to secretly investing $600,000 of his patient’s money as part of an online investment romance scam, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Eric Brown, 76, is charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count of engaging in an unlawful money transaction, the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a press release .

In February 2022, a patient of Brown’s who’d been hit by a drunk driver and awarded $700,000 as part of a settlement asked him to serve as the trustee for the settlement, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. As the trustee, Brown had “exclusive control over the victim’s money and a duty to use it for the victim’s health, support and maintenance.”

Brown subsequently fell victim to an online investment romance scam, the U.

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