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> The overall scheme involved the distribution of more than 7,600 fake nursing diplomas issued by three South Florida-based nursing schools

> "What is disturbing about this investigation is that there are over 7,600 people around the country with fraudulent nursing credentials who are potentially in critical health care roles treating patients..."

This aspect of it seems to warrant more attention. Presumably some didn't pass the license exam, quit, or retired but that is an enormous number of fake nurses. I assume they are concentrated in some particular area because they had to hear about the scheme somehow.



They did pass license exam using fake school diploma. The most probably these were nurses from out of U.S.


The diploma allows you to take the license exam, you still have to actually demonstrate the knowledge.

Of course if they already figured out how to get a fake diploma, a fake test taker doesn't seem out of the question.


They already worked as nurses elsewhere so they know the subject matter.


So they had real knowledge, but didn't have credentials.




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