South Carolina Leaders Join Trump Administration At Anti-Fraud Meeting
This week, leaders from South Carolina joined the Department of Justice’s 2026 Southeastern Fraud Enforcement Partnership event. The Trump Administration is working to build partnerships across the country, and with these seven states. South Carolina leaders at this event include: Governor Henry McMaster, Attorney General Alan Wilson, Secretary of State Mark Hammond, Treasurer Curtis Loftis, Inspector General Sean Fay, and Director for South Carolina Department of Social Services Tony Catone.
In conjunction with this event, the DOJ announced fraud charges in 17 different cases across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. These recent cases involve over $350 million in intended losses and include cases involving SNAP benefits, Small Business Administration loans, housing benefits, and tax fraud. From July 4 alone, federal prosecutors charged cases reaching over $90 million loss and implicating 12 named defendants. The Division separately announced the formation of federal-state anti-fraud task forces in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Florida.
“Defeating the fraud epidemic in our country requires all-hands-on-deck from our federal and state partners nationwide,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. “Whether it’s sharing intelligence, data, personnel, or priorities, partnering with state agencies directly strengthens our ability to identify those stealing taxpayer dollars. When federal prosecutors work alongside state agencies to root out fraud, fraudsters lose and the American people win.”
“Working alongside our federal and interstate partners, we are committed to combating fraud at every level. Our collaborative partnerships allowed us to uncover more than $20 million in Medicaid fraud claims during an operation known as Operation Border Wars,” said South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson. “My office also recently indicted six individuals accused of defrauding taxpayers and stealing jobs from hardworking South Carolinians by providing counterfeit employment documents to illegal aliens. The rule of law means something in South Carolina, and we will continue working with our law enforcement partners to dismantle these schemes and prosecute those responsible to the fullest extent of the law.”
Here are the cases described by the Department of Justice in North Carolina:
District of South Carolina led by U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling, United States v. Misty Dawn Woody. Misty Dawn Woody was charged by indictment for making false statements relating to healthcare matters. In her role as an employee for Vital Care, a medical patient transport service, Woody allegedly copied and forged a physician’s signature on over one hundred certification forms for patients that were no longer under that physician’s care. She submitted those forms to Medicare causing over $1.8 million in false and fraudulent billing.
On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division). The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.
