南卡总检察长办公室逮捕两名北卡男女 被控从弱势成人处盗取约1.8万美元
南卡罗来纳州 Charleston County 一起弱势成人财务剥削案有新进展。州总检察长 Alan Wilson 10月19日宣布，其办公室下属的弱势成人与医疗补助提供者欺诈调查处（VAMPF）已逮捕两名北卡罗来纳州居民，两人被控从一名弱势成人处盗取约1.8万美元。
被逮捕的两人为 Jacob G. Melobo（37岁）与 Samantha A. Onorati（40岁），均来自北卡罗来纳州 Tabor City。两人面临的指控包括以虚假借口获取逾1万美元财物、刑事共谋、剥削弱势成人与金融身份欺诈，均为重罪指控。两人已于10月16日被收押进 Charleston County 拘留中心。
据 VAMPF 与 Charleston 市警察局的联合调查，2025年12月4日至2026年1月12日期间，两人被指共谋以虚假借口取得受害人银行账户资金，涉案金额约1.8万美元；受害人在案发时符合南卡罗来纳州法律对弱势成人的定义。
总检察长办公室表示将负责起诉此案。上述均为指控，两名被告尚未被定罪。
Two North Carolina Residents Charged With Stealing About $18,000 From a Vulnerable Adult in South Carolina
In Charleston County, South Carolina, the state Attorney General's office announced arrests in a financial exploitation case involving a vulnerable adult. Attorney General Alan Wilson said on October 19 that his office's Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) arrested two North Carolina residents accused of taking about $18,000 from a vulnerable adult.
The two are Jacob G. Melobo, 37, and Samantha A. Onorati, 40, both of Tabor City, North Carolina. They face felony charges including obtaining property by false pretenses of more than $10,000, criminal conspiracy, exploitation of a vulnerable adult and financial identity fraud. Both were booked into the Charleston County Detention Center on October 16, 2026.
A joint investigation by VAMPF and the Charleston Police Department alleges that between December 4, 2025, and January 12, 2026, the two conspired to gain access to the victim's bank account by false pretenses and obtained about $18,000. The victim qualified as a vulnerable adult under South Carolina law at the time.
The Attorney General's Office will prosecute the case. The charges are allegations, and neither defendant has been convicted.
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