Man used fake COVID-19 positive result to get out of court
An Upstate man is headed to prison for presenting a fake COVID-19 test result to obstruct justice, according to Attorney General Alan Wilson.Orin J. Kemp, 45, of Pendleton, pleaded guilty in an Anderson County Court to a Greenville County charge of “obstruction of justice,” a common law offense. Kemp was sentenced to six years in prison at the South Carolina Department of Corrections.The S.C. Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit said an investigation revealed that on April 23, 2021, Kemp obstructed and prevented the administration of justice by presenting a counterfeit positive COVID-19 test result to a Court of General Sessions in Greenville County. Wilson said Kemp submitted the fake test result when requesting a continuance to a motion by the SCMFCU to revoke his bond on other charges. The motion to revoke bond was continued based on the fake COVID-19 test results. The original charges he was facing were the exploitation of a vulnerable adult and financial transaction card fraud and conspiracy in Greenville County. Those charges were dismissed because of this guilty plea and prison sentence.
An Upstate man is headed to prison for presenting a fake COVID-19 test result to obstruct justice, according to Attorney General Alan Wilson.
Orin J. Kemp, 45, of Pendleton, pleaded guilty in an Anderson County Court to a Greenville County charge of “obstruction of justice,” a common law offense.
Kemp was sentenced to six years in prison at the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
The S.C. Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit said an investigation revealed that on April 23, 2021, Kemp obstructed and prevented the administration of justice by presenting a counterfeit positive COVID-19 test result to a Court of General Sessions in Greenville County.
Wilson said Kemp submitted the fake test result when requesting a continuance to a motion by the SCMFCU to revoke his bond on other charges.
The motion to revoke bond was continued based on the fake COVID-19 test results.
The original charges he was facing were the exploitation of a vulnerable adult and financial transaction card fraud and conspiracy in Greenville County.
Those charges were dismissed because of this guilty plea and prison sentence.
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