Federal Trial Links Fake Nursing Credential Scheme to Patient Death

Federal prosecutors have opened trial in Fort Lauderdale for the last contested case in Operation Nightingale, a fraud scheme that sold up to 15,000 fake nursing credentials over three years. For the first time, prosecutors are connecting the credential fraud to a patient death. The case marks the culmination of federal enforcement actions that began more than three years ago when agents first exposed the scheme selling fraudulent nursing degrees and certifications.

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