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.

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 nursing schools illegally charged each student between $10,000-$17,000 for a diploma — without requiring proper training, officials said. United States Attorney Markenzy Lapointe speaks to the ...

Thousands of hopeful nurses across the country bought fake diplomas and transcripts that, despite never having taken the required courses and clinicals, showed that they had, allowing them to take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. United States Attorney Markenzy Lapointe speaks to the media about a network of nursing school operators, centered in South ...

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 ...