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NJ Board of Nursing Revokes Licensure of Nurse Sentenced to Federal Prison for Luring Two Women to U.S., Forcing Them to Work as Her Domestic Servants
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that the New Jersey Board of Nursing (“Board”) has revoked the nursing license of a Burlington County woman sentenced to federal prison for luring two women to the U.S. and forcing them into domestic servitude.
Bolaji Bolarinwa, a registered nurse and advanced practice nurse residing in Moorestown, lured her victims to this country under false pretenses. When they arrived, she confiscated their passports and forced them to perform domestic labor and childcare services in her home through the use of physical harm, threats of physical harm, isolation, constant surveillance, and psychological abuse.
Bolarinwa was convicted of two counts of forced labor, one count of alien harboring for financial gain, and two counts of document servitude following a two-week trial in federal court in April 2024.
In a final consent order filed with the Board yesterday, Bolarinwa agreed to the revocation of her licensure to practice in New Jersey as both a registered professional nurse and an advanced practice nurse, with no right to reapply for a period of 10 years.
“The criminal acts this licensee perpetrated against her victims demonstrate an utter disregard for the safety of others and an appalling lack of compassion that has no place in the nursing profession,” said Attorney General Platkin. “The revocation announced today protects the public from the very serious risk she posed as a practicing nurse.”
“Bolaji Bolarinwa’s physical and mental abuse of two vulnerable women flies in the face of the fundamental principles of nursing,” said Elizabeth M. Harris, Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs. “Her conduct and the unimaginable harm it caused to her victims more than warrants her removal from the nursing profession.”
In convicting Bolarinwa, the jury found she compelled her victims to work around the clock in her home for very little pay.
In May 2025, Bolarinwa was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a fine of $35,000 and restitution of $87,518.72.
As a result of Bolarinwa’s conviction and the underlying facts of the case, the Board found that Bolarinwa engaged in criminal acts that have a direct or substantial relationship to the activity regulated by the Board and are inconsistent with the public's health, safety, or welfare. The Board also found that Bolarinwa violated professional standards by engaging in dishonesty and deception and failing to be of good moral character. She also engaged in professional misconduct by failing to notify the Board of the charges against her on her 2023 license renewal application form, the Board found.
The State was represented by Deputy Attorney General Kate J. Calendar, under the supervision of Professional Boards Prosecution Section Chief Doreen Hafner, within the Division of Law’s Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group.
Patients who believe that they have been treated by a licensed health care professional in an inappropriate manner can file an online complaint with the State Division of Consumer Affairs by visiting its website or by calling 1-800-242-5846 (toll free within New Jersey) or 973-504-6200.
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