Attorney General Alan Wilson announces Upstate nurse charged with stealing pain medication from patient

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Jesica Dawn Dominguez, 43 years old, of Fountain Inn, S.C.  Dominguez was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on May 22, 2026.

Dominguez faces the following charge:

• One count of Theft of a Controlled Substance, 1^st Offense {§ 44-53-0365(A)}

An investigation by VAMPF determined that on October 8, 2025, Dominguez knowingly and intentionally took a quantity of Oxycodone, a Schedule II narcotic controlled substance, belonging to a resident of the facility. Investigators further allege that Dominguez, while employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Simpsonville Post Acute in Greenville County, diverted Oxycodone prescribed to a resident for her own personal use.

Simpsonville Post Acute reported the alleged misconduct directly to law enforcement and cooperated fully with the investigation.

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

South Carolina Offense and Penalty:

• Theft of a Controlled Substance – Felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.

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.