ORANGEBURG, S.C. — A 57-year-old woman from Orangeburg faces years of supervision and must repay thousands of dollars after pleading guilty in an exploitation case.
According to Attorney General Alan Wilson's Office, Portia P. Green pleaded guilty to one count of exploitation of a vulnerable adult on Thursday for an incident that occurred in 2018.
According to prosecutors, between June 14 and July 12 of that year, Green, who had power of attorney for the victim, intentionally made improper use of the victim's funds and assets. Authorities said the victim was a resident of Bethea Baptist Retirement Community in Darlington County at the time and officials there notified the South Carolina Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
For the crime, Green was sentenced to five years in prison and that sentence was suspended to the same amount of time on probation. Green will also have to pay restitution of more than $23,500.
The South Carolina Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through grants, has authority over not only Medicaid provider fraud but also the abuse and neglect of Medicaid recipients and the abuse and exploitation of those in assisted living facilities.
