South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested Tiawana Renee Smith-Browning, 56 years old, of Spartanburg, SC for Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult and Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, value of $10,000 or more. Smith-Browning was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center on December 2, 2022. An SCMFCU investigation revealed that on or about April 7, 2022, Smith-Browning signed a vulnerable adult resident out of a nursing facility in Spartanburg County in order to obtain power of attorney. Then, as the victim’s power of attorney, Smith-Browning willfully made, with fraudulent intent, unlawful and improper use of the victim’s funds and assets. During the time of the alleged misconduct the victim, a vulnerable adult under South Carolina law, resided at Magnolia Manor in Spartanburg.
