A girl allegedly posed as an heiress and scammed practically $30 million from banks and establishments in Los Angeles and Orange counties, in response to authorities.
Between July 2017 and Might 2018, Mary Carole McDonnell, 73, falsely claimed to be the inheritor to the McDonnell plane household and mentioned that she would have entry to an $80-million secret belief fund, in response to an FBI information launch.
The FBI is now interesting for the general public’s assist in finding this fugitive who stays on the run.
The McDonnell Plane Corp. was based by James S. McDonnell and was a serious aerospace and protection contractor, manufacturing navy jets such because the F-4 Phantom II and NASA’s Mercury and Gemini house capsules. His son, John F. McDonnell, who served because the chairman of the McDonnell Douglas Corp., has a internet value of about $183 million.
McDonnell is accused of fraudulently acquiring about $14.7 million from the Banc of California and likewise defrauding different establishments, leading to a lack of greater than $15 million, in response to the FBI launch.
On Dec. 12, 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for McDonnell within the U.S. District Court docket Central District of California in Santa Ana after she was charged with aggravated identification theft and financial institution fraud, in response to the discharge.
McDonnell is believed to at present be in Dubai, officers mentioned. She was born in Michigan and likewise has ties to Montgomery, Ala.
She is described as having blond hair with a weight of 145 kilos. She is 5’7” and has a scar on her proper knee.
McDonnell additionally served because the chief govt officer of Bellum Leisure LLC, a manufacturing firm based mostly in Burbank that produced such tv collection as, “I Married a Assassin,” and “It Takes a Killer,” in response to KTLA.
