South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested Amber Michelle Champion, 29 years old, of Spartanburg, SC on one count of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent and Breanna Nicole Champion, 31 years old, of Spartanburg, SC on one count of Obtaining Signature or Property under False Pretenses. Both Amber and Breanna Champion were booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center on July 18, 2023. An investigation by the SCMFCU revealed that on December 26, 2022, while employed at the Charles Lea Center, a residential care facility in Spartanburg, Amber Champion used an EBT card belonging to a resident at the facility. It is alleged that Amber Champion, being entrusted with the funds and assets of residents, used the victim’s EBT card at an Ingles Grocery store in Spartanburg to purchase items for her own personal use. It is also alleged that Amber Champion gave a second resident’s EBT card to her cousin Breanna Champion and that Breanna knowingly used this card at a Walmart in Boiling Springs to purchase items for her own personal use with the intent to cheat and defraud the victim of their benefits.
