Wellford Woman Pleads Guilty to Forging Prescriptions

Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Felicia L. Prysock, age 41, of Wellford, South Carolina, pled guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 1028A; and, Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud, a violation of Title 21, United States Code, § 843(a)(3). Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten presided at the hearing and will sentence Prysock on February 27, 2018.   

Evidence presented at the change of plea established that Prysock filled ten different prescriptions forged in the names of her children and had Medicaid pay for them.  The conduct occurred between July 2016 and April 2017.  The investigation revealed that these prescriptions were for Schedule II opioids, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and Adderall. 

U.S. Attorney Drake stated the statutorily mandated penalty faced by Prysock for a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 1028A is imprisonment for two years, with a potential fine up to $250,000. The maximum penalty for a violation of Title 21, United States Code, § 843(a)(3) is four years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, along with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, investigated the case.  Assistant United States Attorney Winston David Holliday, Jr., of the Columbia office is prosecuting the case.

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