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Posted on 06/26/2026 2:32:21 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
This video details the federal prosecution of Carleen Noreus, a South Florida nursing school owner who operated a massive diploma mill, selling nearly 3,000 fraudulent nursing degrees over seven years (0:20-2:33).
Key takeaways from the report:
The Scheme: Noreus, who operated two schools (Carlen Home Health School in Plantation and Carlen Home Health School 2 in West Palm Beach), charged individuals between $10,000 and $20,000 to receive a nursing diploma without completing any of the required academic or clinical training (0:28-1:01, 2:55-3:03).
The Impact: According to the DOJ, of the 2,956 fake diplomas sold between April 2018 and October 2025, over 2,200 buyers went on to pass national licensing exams and obtain real nursing licenses to practice across the U.S. (2:21-2:45).
Legal Outcome: After two weeks of federal trial, Noreus pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. She faces up to 40 years in prison with sentencing scheduled for September 10 (3:04-3:51).
Broader Context: This case is part of the federal government's Operation Nightingale, a large-scale dragnet investigating nursing diploma fraud that has uncovered approximately 15,000 fake diplomas nationwide, resulting in roughly $220 million in illegal proceeds (5:28-6:30).
Patient Safety Concerns: The video highlights that this is not a victimless crime. It provides a disturbing case study of a nurse who graduated from Noreus's program and was later terminated from a Missouri hospital following a series of medical errors that contributed to a patient's death (7:16-9:16).
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Yes, Carleen Noreus is Haitian (or Haitian-American).
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Multiple sources, especially Haitian-American media covering the case (e.g., “The Haitian owner of two South Florida nursing schools”), explicitly describe her as Haitian. She’s deeply tied to South Florida’s Haitian-American community, where many of her school’s customers (people buying the fake diplomas) were also from.
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She’s 52 and lives in Plantation, Florida.
She’s been a registered nurse in the U.S. since 2002, so she’s been here for decades (likely naturalized or a long-term legal resident by now).
This fits the pattern in “Operation Nightingale,” where several South Florida nursing diploma mill operators and recruiters were of Haitian descent and targeted their own ethnic communities.
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The fraud itself is separate from her background—she ran a big operation selling ~3,000 fake nursing degrees/transcripts. She pleaded guilty mid-trial to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
The fraudster on the left
I’m beginning to suspect my Federal Breast Inspector badge isn’t legit...
Haitians strike again!
Who’s worse, Haitians or Somalis?
Biden imported both in big numbers.
“Who’s worse, Haitians or Somalis?”
It’s a lo-IQs tossup. Though there must be 5x more useless Haitians here.
“The fraudster on the left”
As if we couldn’t tell just by seeing the photo... ;-)
I think I had one of those “nurses” the last time I went in to draw blood. It was as though she didn’t know what a vein was.
What happened to all the fake nurses?
LOVE to see some pics!!!
So is there a problem with nursing licensing if someone with a fake diploma can still be licensed? Given what I’ve seen in nursing homes, yeah.
That is a sore spot in this house. N77 (an old-school RN) finally called it quits after the last retirement community she worked at began to hire nurses and techs on a DEI basis. When the HR department began to ignore - then cover up - blatant racism against persons of pallor as well as neglect/abuse of the elderly residents, anyone who spoke up was told to shut up.
This was not an inexpensive place to live, and was not located in some urban craphole. Vet these places carefully, and look closely at what the staff break room looks like (and not just the day shift).
I am SHOCKED!!!
Just like our public school teachers and administrations who give out High School diplomas and collect taxpayer dollars.
“useless Haitians”
I live in Florida and the Haitians I see are hard workers.
“over 2,200 buyers went on to pass national licensing exams”
Did somebody else sit in to take their exams?
In Britain:
“These figures only represent the care workers expected to remain in the UK out of a total of 612,666 visas issued on the controversial health and care route between 2022 and 2024.”
That was posted yesterday. I didn’t save the link.
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