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US Charges Nigerian Nurses Over Alleged Fake Qualifications
US Charges Nigerian Nurses Over Alleged Fake Qualifications
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According to The Punch, 18 nurses of Nigerian descent are currently facing charges in Texas, United States, for allegedly falsifying their educational credentials.
This is according to a statement obtained on Sunday from the Texas Board of Nursing’s website.
According to the statement, 23 practicing nurses were caught up in a large fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme as a result of ongoing investigations.
The investigations, dubbed ‘Operation Nightingale,’ were described as a multi-state coordinated law enforcement action involving the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General that began on January 25, 2023, to arrest individuals involved in a scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts.
The Nigerians involved are; Abiodun, Yetunde Felicia; Adelakun, Abiodun Aveez; Adelekan, Joseph Adewale; Adeoye, Vivien Temitope; Adewale, Modinat Abidemi; Afolabi, Olufemi Toun; Afolabi, Omowunmi F; Agbo, Odumegwu Steve; and Ajibade, Charlot Omotayo.
Others are; Akande, Olabisi Christiana; Akhigbe, Catherine; Akinrolabu, Folasade Margaret; Ako, Esiri Rachael; Akpan, Rosemary Moses; Alimi, Bukola A; Ani, Ndirika Justina; Aroh, Nchekwube C.; and Ayodeji, Sherifat Olubunmi.
The individuals involved in the scheme obtained fraudulent nursing credentials, which they used to sit for the national nursing board exam, according to the Texas Board of Nursing.
The statement reads in part: “The board has filed Formal Charges against the following nurses for fraudulently obtaining educational credentials.
“The board is authorised to file Formal Charges against a nurse if probable cause exists that the nurse has committed an act listed in Tex. Occ. Code §301.452(b) or that violates other law. See Tex. Occ. Code §301.458. Further, Formal Charges are publicly available. See Tex. Occ. Code §301.466(b).
“Please note that Formal Charges are not a final disciplinary action, and a nurse is permitted to work, as a nurse, while Formal Charges are pending.”
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