At least one state licensing agency is revoking nursing licenses allegedly obtained in a multistate fake diploma scheme.
said in a statement that it had helped authorities identify and monitor the individuals who allegedly provided the false degrees.News of the fraud scheme spread through the nursing community, including social media."The recent report on falsified nursing school degrees is both heartbreaking and serves as an eye-opener,", dean and health professor of the University of South Florida Health College of Nursing, tweeted.
The false degrees and transcripts were issued by three once-accredited and now-shuttered nursing schools in South Florida: Palm Beach School of Nursing, Sacred Heart International Institute, and Sienna College.
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