ATLANTA — A federal investigation into three Florida-based nursing schools that allegedly sold fake nursing degrees has begun to have local repercussions, as state officials asked almost two dozen Georgia nurses to surrender their licenses.
According to federal officials the plot involved three South Florida-based nursing schools, Siena College, Palm Beach School of Nursing and Sacred Heart International Institute, that sold more than 7,600 counterfeit diplomas and transcripts for $10,000 to $15,000.
In Georgia, 22 practicing nurses allegedly obtained their licenses with fake diplomas or transcripts. On Jan.17, the Georgia Board of Nursing formally requested the nurses to surrender their nursing licenses within 30 days.
