Posing as a fake heiress can land you in the FBI’s crosshairs.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is searching for Mary Carole McDonnell, 73, who is on the lam after allegedly defrauding nearly $30 million from banks and other financial institutions while posing as an heiress in a scheme that lasted a year.

The FBI said in its most wanted bulletin that McDonnell posed as an heir to the McDonnell Aircraft family and claimed to have access to a secret US$80-million trust.

Mary Carole McDonnell is #wanted by the #FBI for her alleged involvement in a fraud scheme in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California. Beginning in approximately July of 2017, and continuing to May of 2018, McDonnell is alleged to have knowingly, and with the intent to… pic.twitter.com/QCtLnOB2dy — FBI Mos

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