South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Carla H. Finley, a 73-year-old resident of Union, South Carolina, on charges related to financial exploitation and breach of trust involving a vulnerable adult. The arrest was carried out by the office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF), with Finley being booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center on September 26, 2025.
According to investigators, between June 22, 2024, and August 29, 2024, Finley allegedly misused or accessed funds and assets belonging to a vulnerable adult without authorization. Authorities state that she obtained $54,817.85 through unauthorized transactions while serving as the victim’s Power of Attorney. The alleged victim resided at Wesley Court Assisted Living Community in Boiling Springs during this period.
The case was referred to VAMPF by the South Carolina Long Term Care Ombudsman Appalachian Council of Government and will be prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.
Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult is classified as a felony in South Carolina. If convicted, it carries a potential penalty of up to five years in prison and/or a fine up to $5,000. Breach of Trust with fraudulent intent involving amounts of $10,000 or more is also a felony, punishable by up to ten years in prison or a fine at the court’s discretion.
VAMPF has jurisdiction over cases involving Medicaid provider fraud as well as abuse and exploitation in assisted living facilities or nursing homes under federal regulations.
Attorney General Wilson emphasized: “All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law.”
The South Carolina Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (VAMPF) receives most of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—75 percent under a grant award totaling $2,889,252 for federal fiscal year 2025—with the remaining 25 percent funded by South Carolina for FFY 2025 at $963,084.
