{
  "id": 14604847,
  "title": "Former Hollywood Executive Added to FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/former-hollywood-executive-added-to-fbis-most-wanted-fraudsters-list",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T03:35:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal/former-hollywood-executive-mary-carole-mcdonnell-fbi-most-wanted-fraudsters-list/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Hollywood executive Mary Carole McDonnell has been added to the FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters list, offering a $150,000 reward for information leading to her arrest and conviction. McDonnell, 75, is believed to be living in Dubai and is charged with defrauding Banc of California and other financial institutions out of approximately $14.7 million, with an estimated loss of over $15 million. The FBI alleges that McDonnell obtained the funds through a scheme that began in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in July 2017, and that she falsely claimed to be an heir to the McDonnell Aircraft Family with an $80 million trust. McDonnell was charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in Dec. 2018 and faces a federal arrest warrant in the United States District Court, Central District of California in Santa Ana, Calif.",
  "summary": "Mary Carole McDonnell, CEO of Burbank's defunct Bellum Entertainment, is accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $30 million The post Former Hollywood Executive Added to FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [
    "Mary Carole McDonnell, 75, added to FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters list",
    "Charged with defrauding Banc of California and other institutions $14.7M",
    "Believed to be living in Dubai, faces $150K reward for arrest"
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}