Posted on 05/12/2023 9:47:07 PM PDT by Libloather
In late January, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced it had charged 25 individuals allegedly involved in a fraud scheme to issue fake nursing diplomas in Florida, with an estimated 7,600 such qualifications being handed out.
At the time, it was unclear how many of the students caught up in the scheme were aware of the fraud or were, as Omar Perez Aybar, a Department of Health and Human Service agent, described "willing but unqualified individuals."
Now, two of those "willing but unqualified" nurses have told of the adversity they have faced, losing jobs and livelihoods, and the legal challenge several are planning in the hope they can have their diplomas recognized.
The two nurses, one of whom is involved in the potential litigation, spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity, over concerns about the legal sensitivities of the case and their names being linked to the schools, which were closed by investigators because of their alleged involvement in the wire-fraud scheme.
"It's like you can't even mention what school you went to now, just in fear of being blacklisted or outcast," David, not his real name, said. "Everyone thinks everyone that went to these schools paid for their degree, which is not true."
According to the DoJ, three schools- Siena College of Health, Palm Beach School of Nursing and the Sacred Heart International Institute- in south Florida created "false and fraudulent" diplomas and transcripts that nursing students could then purchase.
It said "the aspiring nurses never completed the necessary courses and clinicals" to be qualified- a claim Jamaal R. Jones, a health lawyer in Miami, intends to contest on behalf of his clients.
The diplomas obtained from the schools allowed students to go on to sit nursing board exams and obtain licenses as registered nurses in several U.S. states.
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