South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Lamesha Thompson, 37 years old, of Spartanburg, SC, for one count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, one count of Financial Identity Fraud, and two counts of Forgery, value less than $10,000. Thompson was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center on October 24, 2024.
An investigation by VAMPF and the Spartanburg Police Department revealed that, between December 12, 2023, and January 2, 2024, Thompson is alleged to have knowingly made unlawful and unauthorized use of the funds and assets of a vulnerable adult. Specifically, it is alleged that Thompson, while employed as a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) at White Oak Estates, obtained checking account information and personal checks belonging to the victim. Investigators allege that Thompson then forged two of the victim’s checks in the amounts of $6,500 and $6,000 and then deposited them into her own personal bank account. The victim, a vulnerable adult under South Carolina law, resided at White Oak Estates in Spartanburg at the time of the alleged misconduct.
