South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Matthew Leon Arotin, 62, of Pickens, SC, on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued indictments in the drug trafficking case known as “Los Banditos”. The indictments currently unsealed in the investigation collectively contain 124 charges against 34 defendants. The investigation alleges much of the drug […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Bryan Alejandro Garcia Sandoval, 22, of North Charleston, S.C., on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Charleston Police Department made the arrest. Sandoval […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Joshua Caleb Farris, 26, of Columbia, SC, on 21 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Richland County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested David Gregory Crider, 50 years old, of Chapin, S.C., for Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult {43-35-0085 (D)} and Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, the value of $10,000 or more {16-13-230 […]
Attorney General Alan Wilson is joining a coalition of 14 states suing the Biden administration over yet another unlawful immigration rule. The Asylum Rule largely removes federal immigration judges from the asylum review process and instead gives asylum officers within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unprecedented authority […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that the State secured $86,543,749.93 in its share of the annual tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (“MSA”) Payment. In 1998, the Attorney General’s Office joined 45 other States, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories in settling claims with the […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested Pebble Artrevious Hill, Wanda Gary, and Tuesday Nicole Watson. Hill, 32 years old, of Laurens, SC, was charged with Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult {43-35-0085(B)}. Gary, 48 years old, of Laurens, […]
Last week South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents arrested 17 people in the first major case for the partnership between SLED, the Department of Insurance (DOI) and the Attorney General’s Office. SLED’s investigation found five separate insurance claims totaling $210,922.93, with a total payout of $93,774.28. “Our SLED […]
David Fraser, 40, of Greer, S.C., pleaded guilty today to one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct Third Degree, Incest, and Unlawful Neglect of a Child. Judge Letitia Verdin sentenced Fraser to 16 years in prison and he will be required to register as a sex offender. In 2016, […]
