Greenville County, South Carolina – A Fountain Inn nurse is facing a felony charge after South Carolina investigators said she stole pain medication that had been prescribed to a patient at a Greenville County care facility.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that Jesica Dawn Dominguez, 43, was arrested by his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit, known as VAMPF. Dominguez was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on May 22, 2026.
According to investigators, the case centers on an incident that allegedly happened months earlier, on October 8, 2025, while Dominguez was working as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Simpsonville Post Acute in Greenville County.
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Authorities said Dominguez knowingly and intentionally took a quantity of Oxycodone, a Schedule II narcotic controlled substance, that belonged to a resident of the facility. Investigators further allege that she diverted the medication, which had been prescribed to the resident, for her own personal use.
Dominguez has been charged with one count of Theft of a Controlled Substance, first offense, under South Carolina law § 44-53-0365(A). Under state law, the charge is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $5,000, or both.
Officials said Simpsonville Post Acute reported the alleged misconduct directly to law enforcement and fully cooperated with the investigation.
The case will be prosecuted by the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office.
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VAMPF operates with authority tied to Medicaid provider fraud, as well as the abuse and neglect of Medicaid beneficiaries in any setting. The unit also handles matters involving the abuse, neglect and exploitation of people living 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, doing business as VAMPF, receives most of its funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For federal fiscal year 2026, the unit receives 75 percent of its funding through a federal grant award totaling $2,964,287. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $988,096, is funded by the state of South Carolina.
