Nine people have been charged with defrauding dozens of residents at assisted living facilities in South Carolina, investigators said.
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Learn MoreBREAKING: South Carolina Sheriff's Office breaks up "criminal enterprise" that defrauded more than $100K from dozens of assisted living residents in multiple facilities. The accused criminals developed an intricate scheme to steal the identities of "some of the most vulnerable people in South Carolina" by taking photos of their "birth dates and social security numbers" from "face sheets" in each resident's file. That personal information was then sent by one of the employees to another suspect for $20 per photo, who then used that information to "force" authorize the opening of fraudulent Verizon and AT&T cell phone contracts at Target and Walmart stores. Eight of the suspects have been arrested, but one remains at large, 25-year-old Joshua Jonathan Rashaad Glenn. Please take a moment and share this post with your friends so we can help the Spartanburg Sheriff's Office bring ALL to justice.
Nine people have been charged with defrauding dozens of residents at assisted living facilities in South Carolina, investigators said.
Nine people have been charged with defrauding dozens of residents at assisted living facilities in South Carolina, investigators said.