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.

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On the heels of a federal takedown of a fraudulent nursing diploma scheme-- dubbed Operation Nightingale after Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing -- questions remain as to just how ...

More than 7,600 aspiring nurses cheated the health care system and obtained fraudulent nursing degrees from three South Florida nursing schools, according to federal authorities, in a scheme health ...