South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested Rebecca Jean Workman, 47 years old, of Hickory Grove, SC, and Sherard A. Feaster, 40 years old, of Chester, SC. Workman was arrested on eight counts of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, three counts of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, three counts of Financial Transaction Card Fraud, and one count of Criminal Conspiracy. Feaster was arrested on three counts of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, three counts of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, three counts of Financial Transaction Card Fraud, and one count of Criminal Conspiracy. Both Workman and Feaster were booked into the Chester County Detention Center on January 10, 2024.
An investigation by the SCMFCU and the Chester County Sheriff’s Office revealed that, between May 19, 2023, and October 3, 2023, Workman and Feaster, while employed at the Palmetto Village of Chester, an assisted living facility, knowingly and willfully made unlawful and improper use of the funds and assets of eight vulnerable adult residents. It is further alleged that Workman and Feaster conspired together in using their positions of trust, as facility employees, to gain access to resident’s debit and/or credit cards to obtain money, goods, or services without the consent or permission of the victims.
