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US Charge 18 Nigerian Nurses Over Fake Certificates

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Published: May 17, 2025
Last updated: May 17, 2025
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No less than 18 nurses from Nigeria are currently facing charges in Texas, United States regarding allegations of fake educational qualifications.

This was contained in a statement published on the website of the Texas board of nursing on Sunday.

According to the publication, a total of 23 practising nurses were caught in a grand fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme as revealed by ongoing investigations.

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The investigation tagged ‘Operation Nightingale,’ was described as a multi-state coordinated law enforcement action involving the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General was launched on January 25, 2023, to arrest individuals engaged in a scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts.

The Nigerians involved are; 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 added that the individuals involved in the scheme procured fraudulent nursing credentials which they used to sit for the national nursing board exam.

The statement partly read:

“The board has filed Formal Charges against the following nurses for fraudulently obtaining educational credentials.

“The board is authorised 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 laws. 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.”

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