South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) arrested Rose Sherrie Davis, 64 years old, of Irmo, SC for one count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, one count of Financial Identity Fraud, two (2) counts of Financial Transaction Card Fraud, value more than $500 in a six-month period, and one count of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, value $10,000 or more. Davis was booked into the Charleston County Detention Center on September 20, 2024. An investigation by VAMPF revealed that, between November 10, 2021, and April 29, 2022, Davis is alleged to have knowingly made unlawful and unauthorized use of the funds and assets of a vulnerable adult.
Specifically, it is alleged that Davis, while being entrusted as the victim’s power-of-attorney, used the personal identifying information to access the victim’s bank accounts and converted $102,109.04 of the victim’s money for her own personal use. It is also alleged that Davis, with the intent to defraud, obtained and used two debit cards belonging to the victim to make charges of over $500 in a six-month period. The victim, a vulnerable adult under South Carolina law, resided at NHC Healthcare West Ashley in Charleston at the time of the alleged misconduct.