Attorney General Alan Wilson announces residential care employee charged with stealing thousands from vulnerable adult

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Dennie Lynn Driver, 49 years old, of Lexington, S.C. 

Driver faces the following charges:

• One count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult {§ 43-35-85(D)}
• One count of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, value more than $2,000 but less than $10,000 {§ 16-13-230(A)}

Driver was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center on February 27, 2026.

A joint investigation by South Carolina's Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud (VAMPF) unit and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department concluded that Dennie Driver knowingly and willfully exploited a vulnerable adult. The alleged exploitation took place from May 21, 2025, to August 20, 2025.

According to investigators, Driver—an employee at Rapha Residential Care in Gaston, South Carolina, where the victim resided—intentionally misused the vulnerable adult's funds in an unlawful, unauthorized, and improper way for personal gain or benefit. The victim qualified as a vulnerable adult under South Carolina law during the period of the alleged misconduct.

Rapha Residential Care reported the suspected financial exploitation to law enforcement. Facility staff provided full cooperation throughout the investigation.

 South Carolina Offenses and Penalties:

• Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult – Felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.
• Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, value more than $2,000 but less than $10,000 – Felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine at the discretion of the court.

This case will be prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.

Pursuant to federal regulations, VAMPF 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 that all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law.

The South Carolina Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, dba VAMPF, receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $2,964,287 for federal fiscal year 2026. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $988,096 for FFY 2026, is funded by South Carolina.