RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — A 41-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after deputies say she scammed an 87-year-old woman out of more than $17,000 in an elaborate scheme that began at a retail store in northeast Richland County.
According to Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, the suspect, Dorothy Watkins, was working as a cashier at a store in the Sandhills area under a false identity. Deputies say while assisting the victim at the register, Watkins took the woman’s driver’s license and returned a different one.
Investigators say Watkins later used the stolen identification to locate the victim’s home and made multiple visits, each time posing as someone else…