Internet Crimes Against Children

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – April 18, 2019 – Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that South Carolina residents have received more than $1.4 million as part of a multistate settlement in a debt-buying case. South Carolina joined 41 states and the District of Columbia last December in reaching a $6 million settlement with Encore Capital Group Inc., one of the nation’s largest debt buyers, and its subsidiaries Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC. Debt buying involves buying and selling overdue debts from creditors and other account owners. While the debt is often purchased for pennies on the dollar, debt…

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – April 17, 2019 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announces that Tyburious Heyward, 21, of Sumter, South Carolina, entered a plea of guilty on April 12, 2019 on insurance fraud charges. Heyward pleaded guilty to three counts of Presenting a False Claim for Payment Greater than $10,000, which are 10 year felonies. Heyward was considered the ringleader of a Sumter County staged accident and fraudulent medical bills ring. The Honorable Kristi Curtis accepted the plea and sentenced Heyward to five years in prison. Heyward was already sentenced to 18 months in prison for a July Failure…