South Carolina Part of DOJ’s $350M Regional Fraud Sweep

Justice Department partners with six states to combat public benefits fraud

Through new channels of timely information, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina hope to identify fraud earlier and coordinate prosecutions across state and federal jurisdictions.

EXCLUSIVE: Inside The DOJ Roundtable That’s Quietly Uniting Seven States Against Fraud

More than 50 officials from seven southeastern states convened Thursday to sign a data-sharing agreement with the DOJ aimed at rooting out fraud.

'Taxpayer money being used for luxury travel, cars...': DOJ uncovers $350M fraud across Southeast

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the discovery of $350 million in alleged fraud across seven southeastern states, highlighting what officials describe as one of the region's largest coordinated anti-fraud enforcement efforts. During a news conference, Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster detailed how partnerships between federal and state law enforcement agencies helped uncover schemes a…

South Carolina part of DOJ’s $350M regional fraud sweep

Federal partnership expands data sharing to track Medicaid, SNAP, and other benefit fraud across seven states.

South Carolina joins seven-state effort to crack down on fraud with DOJ partnership

South Carolina officials say expanded data sharing with the DOJ will help investigators detect fraud and recover taxpayer dollars.

SC joins multi-state effort to combat fraud of taxpayers' money • SC Daily Gazette

Gov. Henry McMaster, with Assistant U.S. Attorney General Colin McDonald on the left and SC Attorney General Alan Wilson on the right, talks about fraud cases during a news conference at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — South Carolina is among seven Southern states that have agreed to share data and resources to crack down on fraud cases, officials from…