SLED charges former SC DEW analyst with multiple offenses regarding pandemic unemployment assistance scam
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Kimberly Harris, 49, with Computer Crime – First Degree, Forgery, Insurance Fraud, and Breach of Trust – Obtaining a Signature Under False Pretenses on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce requested an investigation with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office in October 2020, and the Attorney General’s Office referred the request to SLED in April 2021. Harris was last employed by DEW in 2020.
Details can be found in the attached warrants.
Harris was booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County.
The case will be prosecuted by the Special Prosecutor assigned to DEW by the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office.
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