The former head of a California company that produced true crime TV shows has landed on the FBI's most wanted list. Mary Carole McDonell, 73, has been accused of conning California banks and financial institutions in a bizarre fraud scheme, by faking her connection to McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation. The fake heiress claimed that she had a 'secret' $80 million trust fund that she would eventually gain access to, the FBI alleged. 'McDonnell allegedly and fraudulently obtained a total of approximately $14.7 million from the bank to which she knew she was not entitled and has not paid back,' the FBI said. 'It is alleged that McDonnell also defrauded additional financial institutions in a similar fashion, with an estimated loss of over $15 million.' Read more at DailyMail.
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