South Carolina Stops Medicaid Fraud

Every state has a revenue-maximizing scheme, it just takes an Attorney General to step up to the plate and stop it.

Medicaid fraud case swallows millions

By John Monk
McClatchy Newspapers

The case involving the theft of $5 million in Medicaid money at the S.C. Department of Social Services has swollen to encompass enough alleged criminals - an estimated 350 at last count - to populate a small town.

"It's the biggest one I remember us prosecuting," said Acting U.S. Attorney for South Carolina Kevin McDonald...more

People with information on the case can call Assistant U.S. Attorney Debbie Barbier at 803-929-3000.