South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) and the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Katey Hartley Perkins, 51 years old, of Aiken, SC on one count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult and one count of Forgery, value less than $10,000. Perkins was booked into the Aiken County Detention Center on July 13, 2023. A joint investigation by the SCMFCU and the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office revealed that between June 29, 2022, and November 1, 2022, Perkins made unlawful and unauthorized use of the funds and assets of a vulnerable adult. It is further alleged that on June 30, 2022, Perkins opened an unauthorized TD Bank account in the victim’s name, deposited a life insurance check made out to the victim in the amount of $4,548.57 into that account, and converted the money to her own use. The victim, a vulnerable adult under South Carolina law, resided at an assisted living facility during the time of the alleged misconduct.
