South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Elisa R. Niles, 42 years old, of North Charleston, S.C., on two counts of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, two counts of Financial Identity Fraud, and two counts of Obtaining Property under False Pretense, value less than $2,000. Niles was booked into the Charleston County Detention Center on December 12, 2024. An investigation by VAMPF revealed that, between December 1, 2023, and May 24, 2024, Niles is alleged to have knowingly made unlawful and unauthorized use of the funds and assets of a vulnerable adult. Specifically, it is alleged that Niles, while employed as a caregiver at Ashley Gardens, obtained bank account information belonging to the victims and unlawfully appropriated funds or assets. Additionally, investigators allege that Niles then knowingly and willfully used the victims’ bank accounts to make personal payments for herself or another person in amounts less than $2,000. The victims, vulnerable adults under South Carolina law, resided in nursing facilities in Charleston County at the time of the alleged misconduct.
