Fake heiress who stole $30 million from California banks added to FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters list

A 75-year-old woman has been added to the FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters List for allegedly scamming California banks out of tens of millions of dollars nearly a decade ago. Mary Carole McDonnell, of Missouri, has been on the run since she allegedly bilked banks in Los Angeles and Orange counties out of nearly $30 million in 2017 and 2018 while pretending to be the heiress of the McDonnell aircraft family. A reward of up to $150,000 has been offered for information leading to her arrest and conviction, the FBI said. "McDonnell is alleged to have knowingly, and with the intent to defraud, devised and participated in a scheme to obtain money, funds, assets, and property owned by Banc of California," said McDonnell's listing on the newly formed Most Wanted Fraudsters List. "McDonnell falsely claims to be an heir to the McDonnell Aircraft Family, with an $80 million secret trust to which she will have access."McDonnell is believed to be in Dubai and has ties to Southern California and Montgo