Gail Russ, registrar of the Palm Beach School of Nursing in Lake Worth, Florida, Cassandre Jean, owner and operator of Success Nursing Review in Brooklyn, New York, and Vilaire Duroseau, owner and operator of the Center for Advance Training and Studies in West Orange, New Jersey, were found guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges. The defendants were charged, along with 11 co-defendants, for their involvement in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts obtained from two private nursing schools in Palm Beach County, Florida. The bogus diplomas and transcripts qualified purchasers to sit for the national nursing board exam and, after passing it, to obtain licenses and jobs in various states as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and vocational nurses. The overall scheme involved the distribution of more than 7,600 fake nursing diplomas. The VA OIG, the FBI, HHS-OIG, and the Homeland Security Investigations investigated this case.
