Fake Nursing Licenses on the Rise

By LyNNE JETER

If you employ nurses with nursing degrees from Siena College, Palm Beach School of Nursing, or Sacred Heart International Institute, all located in Florida, it may be time to review their files for fraudulent activity.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida recently charged 25 individuals with wire fraud for selling fraudulent nursing degree diplomas to more than 7,600 individuals across the country. These individuals purchased the bogus diplomas to use as credentials to sit for their nursing board exams. Thousands of these individuals became licensed nurses, easily slipping under the human resources radar.

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