FBI offers $150K reward for arrest of 75-year-old woman wanted in $30M scam - BERITAJA

A 75-year-old female has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List aft being accused of defrauding about $30 cardinal from banks and different financial institutions successful a year-long strategy while posing arsenic a clone heiress.

Mary Carole McDonnell is wanted for her alleged engagement successful the fraud strategy successful Los Angeles County and Orange County successful California, which began successful about July of 2017 and continued to May of 2018, according to a news merchandise from the FBI.

McDonnell was added to the FBI’s recently formed Most Wanted Fraudsters database connected Wednesday and the agency is offering a reward of up to $150,000 successful speech for accusation that leads to her apprehension and conviction.

It’s alleged that McDonnell falsely claimed to beryllium an heir to the McDonnell Aircraft family, pinch an $80-million concealed spot to which she claimed she’d person access.

“McDonnell is alleged to person knowingly, and pinch the intent to defraud, devised and participated successful a strategy to get money, funds, assets and spot owned by Banc of California,” the FBI said.

Through the scheme, McDonnell allegedly and fraudulently obtained a full of $14.7 cardinal from the slope “to which she knew she was not entitled and has not paid back,” according to the FBI.

It is besides alleged that McDonnell, who is believed to presently beryllium successful Dubai, swindled further financial institutions, pinch an estimated nonaccomplishment of complete $15 million.

A national apprehension warrant was issued for McDonnell successful the United States District Court, Central District of California successful Santa Ana, Calif., successful December 2018, aft she was charged pinch slope fraud and aggravated personality theft.

“Most Wanted Fraudster Mary McDonnell is wanted for defrauding financial institutions retired of millions and is known to person falsified her inheritance and background,” said Patrick Grandy, the Assistant Director successful Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.

“It’s conscionable a matter of clip earlier McDonnell is caught arsenic we activity pinch our world partners to find her. A generous reward is being offered successful speech for accusation starring to her apprehension and conviction, and a extremity from the nationalist mightiness break the case,” Grandy added.

McDonnell’s past known business was CEO and laminitis of the now-defunct Bellum Entertainment, a Burbank-based tv accumulation and distribution company.

She is described arsenic 5 feet, 7 inches gangly pinch blonde hairsbreadth and bluish eyes.

The FBI said that McDonnell has ties to Los Angeles, Calif., Montgomery, Ala. and Dubai, UAE.

McDonnell besides goes by galore aliases, including Mary Carole Carroll, Mary Carol McDonnell, Mary Carroll McDonnell, Mary C. Carroll and Mary Carroll McDonald, officials said.

Authorities impulse anyone pinch accusation regarding McDonnell to telephone section FBI offices, the nearest American embassy aliases taxable anonymous tips online.