An Arkansas woman was sentenced after posing as a licensed nurse using a stolen license. Authorities discovered she had worked in multiple healthcare facilities without proper credentials, putting patients at risk. She pleaded guilty to charges including fraud and…
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Nursing Director Sold Nearly 1,000 Fake Degrees
A former South Florida nursing director, Stephanie Dorisca, was ordered to forfeit her Boston-area condo after being convicted in a major fake-diploma scheme. Dorisca helped sell nearly 1,000 fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts through the Techni-Pro…
Scaling Smarter: How AI Is Transforming Background Screening in Healthcare Staffing
Healthcare background screening has traditionally slowed staffing due to delays and complex compliance. New research commissioned by KarmaCheck shows how AI is transforming credentialing by automating manual tasks, detecting fraud in real time, and accelerating safe…
Defunct Boca Raton Nursing School Director Guilty of Selling Fake Diplomas
Stephanie Dorisca, former director of Techni-Pro Institute in Boca Raton, was convicted of conspiring to sell about 1,000 fake nursing diplomas for millions of dollars as part of Operation Nightingale. The scheme recruited students from Texas, allowing many to pass…
Fake Arizona Nurse Used Stolen License to Treat Patients
Christine Muturi Lewis of Mesa was arrested for posing as a nurse using another woman’s license, despite never being licensed herself. She falsely claimed experience in hospice triage and worked at multiple facilities, including NAZ and Golden Rose Hospice. Her fraud…
Fake Nurse in Pediatric Diabetes Scam Flees Las Vegas to Albania, Faces 70+ Felony Charges
Crystal Scott, 44, faces over 70 felony charges in Las Vegas for impersonating a nurse and providing fraudulent diabetes care to children, including possession of forged prescriptions and practicing without a license. She allegedly ran a business, “Glucose N Glow,”…
New Mexico Woman Charged with Identity Theft and Nursing Fraud
April Guadalupe Hernandez, a 26-year-old certified nurse assistant from New Mexico, has been charged with 19counts of misconduct, including nursing without a license, abuse of a resident, and fraud. She allegedly stole identitiesfrom nurses in Texas, California, and…
New Background Screening Law Aims to Make Nursing, Healthcare Safer
A new law in Florida makes background screenings simpler by requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration(AHCA) to set up a public website detailing who needs a screening and how to get one. It allows reuse of screeningnumbers across multiple organizations,…
Avoid EEOC Complaints
Although criminal histories can be among the most important for identifying potentially problematic employees, recent EEOC Guidelines elaborate on the use of criminal histories in hiring practices, and should not be ignored. These guidelines have made it incumbent…
Colorado Could Require Fingerprinting of Doctors, Nurses, Even Vets
In order to be licensed in Colorado, a new bill could require about 160,000 medical professionals to undergo fingerprint-based background checks. The state is one of just six that doesn’t require fingerprint checks for doctors and one of five that exempt nurses from…





