South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Phyllis J. Daniels, 36 years old, of Barnwell, SC, for one count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult and Financial Transaction Card Fraud, value more than $500 in a six-month period. Daniels was booked into the Aiken County Detention Center on June 24, 2024. A joint investigation by VAMPF and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) revealed that between December 20, 2021, and January 15, 2022, Daniels made unlawful and unauthorized use of the funds and assets of a vulnerable adult. Specifically, it is alleged that Daniels, with an intent to defraud, obtained and used the victim’s debit card to obtain money, goods or services without permission. The victim, a vulnerable adult under South Carolina law, resided at Shadow Oaks Assisted Living Community in Aiken at the time of the alleged misconduct.
