Mount Pleasant attorney to enter guilty plea Wednesday in $1.5M fraud case

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — The Mount Pleasant attorney charged in million fraud scheme is scheduled to enter his guilty plea Wednesday at 10 am in the J. Waites Waring Judicial Center.

42-year-old William Christopher Swett spent years enriching himself by creating shell companies and funneling law firm and client money through them. Court filings allege Swett established an LLC and a limited partnership that billed his firm for services never performed, submitted fraudulent reimbursement requests, falsified medical records and even manufactured personal injury and death claims tied to asbestos litigation between 2018 and 2024…

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