"McDonnell traded on her last name to convince others that she was an heir to a "secret" $80 million trust belonging to the McDonnell family behind McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, a defunct business that was once at the heart of Southern California's booming aerospace industry. In reality, McDonnell had no such connection, the FBI says, but she still managed to get Banc of California to part with nearly $15 million in cash, "to which she knew she was not entitled and has not paid back.""
"A soon-to-be 74-year-old Southern California woman has landed on the FBI's famed Most Wanted list for allegedly scamming various financial institutions out of close to $30 million as part of a yearslong ruse. Mary Carole McDonnell, the FBI says, used her common last name to insinuate herself as a wealthy heiress to an aerospace fortune before absconding overseas. A federal arrest warrant was issued in December 2018, but by then, McDonnell was gone, having netted nearly $30 million."
Mary Carole McDonnell allegedly used her common last name to present herself as an heir to an alleged $80 million trust tied to the former McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. In summer 2017 she purportedly convinced Banc of California employees she was or soon would be wealthy, securing nearly $15 million that she knew she was not entitled to and has not repaid. The FBI alleges similar schemes with other financial institutions brought her total take to nearly $30 million. A federal arrest warrant was issued in December 2018 after she fled overseas, and she later appeared on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. She also served as CEO of a production company known for true-crime series; that company faced state scrutiny in 2017 for alleged wage nonpayment.
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