See Full List: Nursing Board Publishes Names Of Nigerian Nurses Caught For Forging Educational Credentials In The US
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The Texas Board of Nursing in the United States of America has filed formal charges against at least 23 nurses with about 18 of them being Nigerians for obtaining educational credentials through fraudulent means.
The Board in a statement on its website published names of the accused nurses
who it says were practicing in the US over certificates forgery.
The statement noted that all the suspects were caught in a grand fraudulent diploma/transcript
scheme as revealed by ongoing investigations.
Inaugurated on January 25, 2023, the multi-state coordinated law enforcement
action code-named ‘Operation Nightingale,’ involving the US Department of
Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), was charged
with the mandate to arrest individuals involved in a scheme to sell false and
fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts.
See the names of the accused Nigerians
involved in the certificate heist below;
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 Texas Board of Nursing in the statement further noted that the named
persons procured fraudulent nursing credentials which they used to sit for the
national nursing board exam.
“Upon successful completion of the board exam, the nursing applicants became
eligible to obtain licensure in various states to work as an RN or a LPN/VN,”
the Board stated in a separate statement.
It also clarified that the formal charges filed against the offenders are not a
final disciplinary action, therefore, they are permitted to work pending the
outcome of the charges.
The statement read: “The Board has filed Formal Charges against the following
nurses for fraudulently obtaining educational credentials.
“The Board is authorized 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.”
Other non-Nigerian nurses named in the scandal are Abanda, Jacob Atambili;
Addai, Agnes Fosuah; Anaaba, Awingrug Musah; Anthony-Annor, and Spendilove; Asanga,
Albert Nshanui.
“This list will be updated continuously as the Board receives additional
information about the fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme,” the statement
added.
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