Other Complaint Filing Options:
SNAP or TANF Fraud - report online to the Dept. of Social Services Inspector General at this link or call DSS Connect at 1-800-616-1309 (select option 5)
Medicaid Fraud - select: Medicaid Fraud or call 1-888-364-3224
Individual (fraud or wrongdoing committed by individuals who are not state government employees):
- Attorney Misconduct - select: SC Judicial Department-Disciplinary Counsel
- Child or Adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation - select: Department of Social Services or: Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
- Child Support Fraud - call the DSS Child Support Division 803-898-9402
- Driver or Vehicle License Fraud - call 803-896-9688
- Elder Abuse - call the SC Department on Aging 803-734-9898
- Identity Theft or a Scam - select: SC Department of Consumer Affairs-Identity Theft
- Insurance Fraud - Unemployment - select: SC Department of Employment and Workforce
- Insurance Fraud - Worker's Compensation - call 803-898-0451
- Insurance Fraud - All Other Types - call the Attorney General's Insurance Fraud Hotline at 1-888-953-7283 or select: Insurance Fraud
- Income Tax Fraud - Federal - select: IRS
- Income Tax Fraud - South Carolina - select: SC Department of Revenue
- Licensed Professionals (accountants, physicians, engineers, architects, counselors, etc.) - select: SC Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
- Medicare Fraud - select: Medicare
- Suspicious Activities - to report, call the SC Law Enforcement Division at 803-896-7133 or send an email to: sciic@sled.sc.gov
City or County Governments (local governments including police and sheriff's departments and school districts):
- Contact the city council, county council, or the school district board of directors
- Ethics Law Violations by public officials and employees - select: SC Ethics Commission
Private Businesses (for profit and non-profit organizations):
- Banking Institution Complaints - select SC Commissioner of Banking
- Child or Adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation in a private facility - select: Department of Social Services or: Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
- Consumer Complaints - select: SC Department of Consumer Affairs or: Federal Trade Commission
- Discrimination in employment - select: EEOC
- Elder Abuse in a private facility - call the SC Department on Aging 803-734-9898
- Environmental and Health (health care facility, food safety, chemical spills, pollution violations, etc.) select: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
- Financial Company Complaints (mortgages, payday loans, student loans, debt collection, etc.) - select: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- HIPAA Complaint - select: US Department of Health and Human Services
- Identity Theft or a Scam - select: SC Department of Consumer Affairs-Identity Theft
- Insurance Company Complaints - select: SC Department of Insurance
- Mail Fraud schemes, vandalism, and mail theft - select: United States Postal Service Inspection Division
- Non-profit Organization Irregularities - select: SC Secretary of State
- Nursing Home and Health Care Facility Complaints - select: SC Department or Health and Environmental Control or call 803-545-4370
- OSHA Complaints - select: South Carolina OSHA
- Utilities, Public - select: SC Office of Regulatory Staff
- Wage or Child Labor Complaints - select: SC Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
Judicial Branch (state courts, judges, magistrates) - select: SC Judicial Department Commission on Judicial Conduct
State Legislature - select: SC Ethics Commission
Directly Report certain complaints to other state agencies:
- Abuse or Mismanagement by a DSS Employee - call DSS Constituent Services at 803-898-7601 or email: constituentservices@dss.sc.gov
- Inadequate care of Children by state agencies - call the SC Department of Child Advocacy at 1-800-206-1657 or file a complaint online at: childadvocate.sc.gov
- Inappropriate Actions by a DMV Employee - call 803-896-9688
- Inappropriate Actions by a Public Safety Employee (state trooper, protective services, transport police, etc.) - select: SC Department of Public Safety
- Crime Victim dissatisfied with services provided - select: SC Crime Victim's Ombudsman
- Discrimination in employment, non-employment, or housing - select: SC Human Affairs Commission
- State Government Services Complaints - select: Office of the State Ombudsman or call 803-734-5049
General State Government Links:
State Elected Officials:
State Fiscal Accountability Authority
State Agency Audits and Other Reports:
Legislative Audit Council Reports
Various State Government Reports
State Budget and Financial Reports:
State Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)
Transparency in Government:
State Procurement Card Spending
State Procurement:
State Procurement Services Home Page
SC Procurement Code
State Agency Procurement Audits
Chief Procurement Officer - Procurement Dispute Decisions
Ethics:
State Ethics Commission Home Page
Ethics Commission Public Disclosure Reports
State Inspector General Code of Conduct