A massive, coordinated scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree credentials has been brought down by a joint federal law enforcement operation, Justice Department officials said Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that 20 defendants have pleaded guilty or have been convicted in U.S. District Court in South Florida for their participation in a wire fraud ...

MIAMI — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that 20 defendants have pleaded guilty or been convicted in U.S. District Court in South Florida for their participation in a wire fraud ...

On January 25, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it had charged 25 individuals in an alleged wire-fraud scheme to hand out bogus nursing diplomas. Prosecutors estimated more than 7,600 of ...

Defendants face a maximum of 20 years in prison for such charges. As part of a years-long investigation into a dangerous and wide-ranging nursing scam involving fake diplomas, federal prosecutors ...

The nursing diploma scheme may go beyond Florida, as state boards check their staff records, according to Dr. Dani Bowie, vice president of clinical strategy and transformation for staffing firm ...