A Greenwood County woman is one of three people recently charged with fraudulently receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, officials said.(Above video was published in March 2024.)Special Agents with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Inspector General, said Erin Elizabeth Barber, 48, was charged with fraudulent acquisition or use of food stamps, greater than $10,000.Officials said Barber fraudulently received $21,445 in benefits during two separate periods between April 2019 and March 2020, and again between October 2021 and September 2023. During those periods, Barber reported on six SNAP application forms that she and her two biological children were living together. The investigation revealed that the children were attending school and living with their biological father during those periods.Barber was booked into the Greenwood County Detention Center, and the case will be prosecuted by the Eighth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Officials said they also arrested Sasha Michelle Price, 36, of Dillon County, on similar charges in a separate case.They said she fraudulently received $10,217 in benefits and was booked into the Dillon County Detention Center.That case will be prosecuted by the Fourth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Robyn A. Davis, 45, of Horry County, was also arrested on a similar charge in an unrelated case after fraudulently receiving $15,816 in benefits, officials said.She was additionally charged with forgery after submitting eight falsified pay stubs.Davis was booked into the Horry County Detention Center, and the case will be prosecuted by the 15th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Reports of fraud can be made to the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Inspector General in Columbia, on the DSS website or by calling 800-694-8518.
A Greenwood County woman is one of three people recently charged with fraudulently receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, officials said.
(Above video was published in March 2024.)
Special Agents with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Inspector General, said Erin Elizabeth Barber, 48, was charged with fraudulent acquisition or use of food stamps, greater than $10,000.
Officials said Barber fraudulently received $21,445 in benefits during two separate periods between April 2019 and March 2020, and again between October 2021 and September 2023.
During those periods, Barber reported on six SNAP application forms that she and her two biological children were living together.
The investigation revealed that the children were attending school and living with their biological father during those periods.
Barber was booked into the Greenwood County Detention Center, and the case will be prosecuted by the Eighth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Officials said they also arrested Sasha Michelle Price, 36, of Dillon County, on similar charges in a separate case.
They said she fraudulently received $10,217 in benefits and was booked into the Dillon County Detention Center.
That case will be prosecuted by the Fourth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Robyn A. Davis, 45, of Horry County, was also arrested on a similar charge in an unrelated case after fraudulently receiving $15,816 in benefits, officials said.
She was additionally charged with forgery after submitting eight falsified pay stubs.
Davis was booked into the Horry County Detention Center, and the case will be prosecuted by the 15th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Reports of fraud can be made to the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Inspector General in Columbia, on the DSS website or by calling 800-694-8518.
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