Three folks have been discovered responsible for his or her roles in distributing pretend nursing diplomas from two South Florida nursing colleges, after a three-week trial the place prosecutors accused the defendants of corrupting the healthcare area.
Gail Russ, registrar of the Palm Seashore College of Nursing in Lake Value, Florida; Cassandre Jean, proprietor and operator of Success Nursing Evaluation in Brooklyn, New York; and Vilaire Duroseau, proprietor and operator of the Middle for Advance Coaching and Research in West Orange, New Jersey; have been discovered responsible of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud costs on December 15.
These defendants have been charged, together with eleven co-defendants, for his or her involvement in a scheme to promote fraudulent nursing diploma diplomas and transcripts obtained from two non-public nursing colleges that have been as soon as accredited by the State of Florida to difficulty diplomas and transcripts to people in search of licenses and jobs as registered nurses (RNs) and licensed sensible/vocational nurses (LPN/VNs).
The bogus diplomas and transcripts certified purchasers to sit down for the Nationwide Nursing Board examination and, after passing it, to acquire licenses and jobs in varied states as RNs and LPN/VNs.
$10,000+ for pretend credentials
The general scheme concerned the distribution of greater than 7,600 pretend nursing diplomas by Palm Seashore College of Nursing and Quisqueya College of Nursing LLC in Palm Seashore County.
Prosecutors stated that college students paid between $10,000 and $20,000 for bogus tutorial credentials. These colleges at the moment are closed because of the extreme failure charges of their college students taking the state nursing board examination.
These nursing candidates who handed the Nationwide Nursing Board examination used the fraudulent diplomas to acquire RN or LPN/VN licenses and nursing jobs with unwitting healthcare suppliers all through the US.
A further eleven defendants entered pleas of responsible to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
In complete, 27 defendants have been charged and convicted in 2023 for his or her participation on this nursing diploma fraud scheme, referred to as Operation Nightingale, that created an unlawful licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses.
The trio convicted on Friday shall be sentenced on April 2 earlier than U.S. District Decide Raag Singhal.
