A total of 25 people were charged earlier this year in a nursing school scam that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degree diplomas from three South Florida-based nursing schools, according to grand jury indictments. The three schools involved; Siena College, Palm Beach School of Nursing and Sacre.
Last Wednesday 5 of the accused plead guilty. Krystal Lopez and Damian Lopez, both of Palm Beach County, Florida; Francois Legagneur, of Nassau County, New York; Reynoso Seide, of Union County, New Jersey; and Yelva Saint Preux, of Suffolk County, N.Y.; appeared in a Miami federal court and plead guilty to wire fraud conspiracy. They each face up to 20 years in prison.
The sentencing hearing is set for July 27.
Updates will be provided here. Check out CBS New York report below.
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