The FBI has added former true crime TV producer Mary Carole McDonnell to its Most Wanted list after she stole nearly $30 million by scamming banks and other financial institutions in an elaborate scheme.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation explained in its latest bulletin listing that McDonnell is wanted for her alleged involvement in a “fraud scheme” that targeted companies in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California.

The FBI said that she posed as an heir to the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation fortune, and she falsely claimed that she had access to a secret trust of $80 million. The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation – which was an American aerospace manufacturer based in St. Louis, Missouri – went out of business in 1967.

McDonnell’s scheme allegedly first began around July 2017 and

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