Civil Process Servers Arrested In Aiken County For Forgery

Columbia, SC—The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) announces the arrest of three civil process employees accused of falsifying legal documents while working for Aiken County.

The suspects are employed with APS International Civil Action Group, a Minnesota-based company that provides legal support services to agencies worldwide.

The suspects were sub-contracted by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office to serve civil process.

Janice Voigt, 50, of the 3800 block of Richland Avenue, in Aiken, S.C. is charged with 3 Counts of Forgery, Conspiracy, Perjury and False Certification by Notary.

Mary Cox, 53, of the 2300 block of Wire Road, in Aiken, S.C., is charged with 3 Counts of Forgery, Conspiracy, Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent, Perjury and False Certification by Notary.

Tara Devine, 31, of the 100 block of Mossback Circle, in Aiken, S.C. is charged with False Certification by Notary.

According to 14 arrest warrants, Voigt and Cox conspired with one another to forge signatures on legal documents and later affirmed that those documents were true.

Cox is also accused of fraudulently altering or changing billing invoices associated with APS, International in order to receive financial compensation for those false documents.

Devine is accused of falsely certifying that the forged signatures on those documents were true.

The crimes happened from June 2006 to August 2007.

These arrests are part of a joint investigation with SLED and the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office. The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) requested SLED’s investigative services on this case on April 13, 2009.