Attorney General Alan Wilson announces Horry Co. woman charged with fraud and exploiting nursing home resident

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested Adella Gore, 33 years old, of Longs, SC for Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult (43-35-0085 (D)) and Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, value of $10,000 or more (16-13-230 (B)(3)). Gore was booked into the Horry County Detention Center on February 2^nd, 2022.

An SCMFCU investigation revealed that between the dates of December 15, 2018 and January 13, 2021 Gore, as the victim’s power of attorney, willfully made, with fraudulent intent, unlawful and improper use of the victim’s funds and assets. The victim, a vulnerable adult under South Carolina law, resided at Grand Strand Rehab and Nursing Center in Myrtle Beach, SC during the time of the alleged misconduct.

Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult and Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, value $10,000 or more are both felonies, and upon conviction, have penalties of imprisonment for not more than five years and/or a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and a fine at the discretion of the court or imprisonment of not more than ten years.

Pursuant to federal regulations, the SCMFCU has authority over Medicaid provider fraud; abuse and neglect of Medicaid beneficiaries in any setting; and the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals residing in assisted living facilities or nursing homes. 

Attorney General Wilson stressed all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law.

The SCMFCU receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $1,927,636 for Federal fiscal year 2022. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $642,544 for FY 2022, is funded by South Carolina.

You can see the arrest warrants for her here.