Top Stories: 25 charged in alleged nursing diploma scheme; FBI addressing IT outage at Tallahassee Memorial

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25 people have been charged in an alleged nursing diploma scheme. What kinds of shenanigans were they purportedly up to? We'll get to the bottom of that and more in this week's Top Stories, including the FBI's work with Tallahassee Memorial to address an IT systems outage, and telehealth staff and services company Wheel laying off 28% of its workforce.

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In this episode:

• Federal charges levied against 25 defendants in alleged nursing diploma scheme
• FBI working with Tallahassee Memorial after IT security event
• Wheel lays off more than a quarter of its staff

Talking points:

• Defendants purportedly engaged in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts obtained from accredited Florida-based nursing schools to people seeking licenses and jobs as registered nurses and licensed practical or vocational nurses.
• The bogus diplomas and transcripts qualified purchasers to sit for the national nursing board exam and, after passing it, to obtain licenses and jobs in various states.
• Physicians at Tallahassee Memorial have resumed seeing patients, though surgeries and procedures have again been canceled and rescheduled.
• The layoffs mark the second round of recent job cuts at Wheel, which laid off 17% of its staff over the summer.

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