New Proposed Florida Law Seeks to Eliminate Problems Caused by Phony Nursing Schools Identified in Operation Nightingale
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Nursing education in Florida has been permanently tarnished by the stains left by numerous nursing-accredited schools that have issued phony transcripts and fake diplomas, scamming thousands of nurses out of millions of dollars. The FBI investigation, known as […]
Florida Nursing Schools Added to Operation Nightingale Fraud Cases–Additional Individuals Indicted
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 15, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced new charges in the wide-ranging fake nursing diploma scheme named Operation Nightingale. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced […]
Women Who Posed as Nurse Sentenced to Prison For Health Care Fraud, Identity Theft, and Wire Fraud
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 23, 2020, a Tennessee woman who posed as a nurse working at several medical facilities was sentenced to more than four years in prison. In December 2019, she pled guilty to wire fraud, healthcare fraud, identity […]
Woman Posing as Nurse For Six Years Sentenced to Prison For Health Care Fraud, Identity Theft, and Wire Fraud
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 23, 2020, a Tennessee woman who posed as a nurse working at several medical facilities was sentenced to more than four years in prison. In December 2019, she pled guilty to wire fraud, healthcare fraud, […]
Alabama Doctor and 3 Nurse Practitioners Charged With Running Fraudulent Pill Mill
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On December 6, 2017, three nurse practitioners and a doctor were arrested following an Alabama federal grand jury indictment accusing them of operating a “pill mill.” According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), all four allegedly dispensed […]