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Former South Florida nursing school operator Carleen Noreus pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud andconspiracy to commit money laundering for 2,956 fraudulent nursing diplomas issued between 2018 and 2025 throughtwo now-shuttered schools. Prosecutors for…
A Florida appellate court ruled that a county was not required to accommodate a firefighter-paramedic’s off-dutymedical marijuana use. The court found that Florida’s medical marijuana laws do not create an employeraccommodation mandate and upheld enforcement of the…
A recent Florida appellate court decision ruled that employers generally are not required to accommodate employees’off-duty medical marijuana use under the Florida Civil Rights Act. The decision reversed a lower court ruling that hadfavored an employee and reinforced…
Florida employers, particularly those in safety-sensitive industries, are increasingly encouraged to use comprehensive multi-panel drug testing rather than traditional 5-panel screens because today’s substance-use landscape includes fentanyl, synthetic opioids,…
Florida employers with 25 or more employees must use the federal E-Verify system to confirm the work eligibility of all new hires within three business days of their start date. The mandate is tied to annual reemployment tax filings, requiring employers to certify…
A former South Florida nursing school operator pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering after admitting to selling approximately 2,600 fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts through two now-closed schools. Prosecutors said the scheme…
A Honduran woman has been ordered to serve 26 months in federal prison after a judge found she used a stolen identity to secure a job in Pinellas County, Florida. Nidia Roxana Maradiaga-Flores was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday following her…
A Florida woman, Autumn Bardisa, was sentenced after posing as a licensed nurse and treating more than 4,400 patients at a Palm Coast hospital without proper credentials. She obtained the job by using another nurse’s license number and falsified information, working…
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…
Three former operators of South Florida nursing schools pleaded guilty as part of a crackdown on “diploma mill”operations that sold fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts, allowing buyers to bypass proper training andlicensure requirements. The scheme, uncovered…