Federal prosecutors say a South Florida nursing school operator helped provide 2,956 fraudulent nursing diplomas, and about 2,274 people who obtained those credentials later passed board exams and became licensed nurses.
Carleen Noreus, 52, of Plantation, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
The plea followed a two-week trial in Fort Lauderdale tied to Operation Nightingale, the federal investigation into fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts sold through for-profit nursing schools in South Florida…