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 sentenced for their convictions of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges. Russ was sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to forfeiture of $861,672. Jean was sentenced to three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, a $20,000 fine, and a $4,698,828 forfeiture order. Duroseau was sentenced to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit $1.3 million. In total, 27 defendants were charged and convicted in 2023 for participating in this nursing diploma fraud scheme, known as Operation Nightingale, that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses. The VA OIG, the FBI, HHS-OIG, and the Homeland Security Investigations investigated this case.
