Connecticut’s Board of Examiners for Nursing has revoked the nursing license of another nurse linked to a national fake degree scheme that has incited a full-blown federal investigation called “Operation Nightingale.”
According to the state Department of Public Health, Abiola Fagbemigun submitted fraudulent transcripts and a degree from Azure College in Florida when applying for a Connecticut license.
On Feb. 4, Fagbemigun’s license was formally revoked after investigators established that the nursing program he claimed to have completed did not exist, CT Insider reported. During an earlier October hearing, DPH officials said he alleged he attended a “bridge licensed practical nurse to registered nurse program” that was not real.
The Connecticut nursing board’s action is only the tip of the iceberg in Operation Nightingale, the massive federal investigation into fake nursing licenses. The operation has identified a large network of for-profit nursing schools in Florida that authorities allege issued fraudulent degrees and transcripts.
🚨🚨🚨 MASSIVE OPERATION: IF you work in the medical field in the United States and a nurse went to any of the following schools NOTIFY your supervisor IMMEDIATELY! “These schools have been identified as participants in the scheme to issue fraudulent nursing diplomas and… pic.twitter.com/KQQL7Rcjza— Neon White Rabbit (@RedPillRabbit) January 23, 2026
During Phase II of Operation Nightingale, other faculty and staff of the for-pay scam schools were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Along with Napoleon, Carleen Noreus, Herline Lochard, Patrick Buchanan, Gilbert Hyppolite, Irene Matthews, Lemuel Pierre, Joel Lubin, Victor Escalante Zerpa, Cleophat Tanis, Lonnette Blair, and Stephanie Dorisca were all charged, according to the Department of Justice.
Source: Black Enterprise
