FBI Offers $150K for Former Hollywood Boss Mary McDonnell

Former Hollywood executive Mary Carole McDonnell is now on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list, facing allegations that she used a fake family fortune to obtain nearly $30 million from banks. The bureau is offering up to $150,000 for information leading to her arrest and conviction. McDonnell, 75, once ran Bellum Entertainment. Her case puts the focus on a Hollywood boss whose workers reported bounced paychecks while banks allegedly handed over millions based on false claims of wealth. The FBI added McDonnell to its fraud list on October 14. She’s wanted on charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft tied to an alleged scheme in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California. A federal arrest warrant has been outstanding since December 2018. Investigators say McDonnell falsely presented herself as an heiress to the McDonnell aircraft family. Authorities allege she obtained $14.7 million from one bank between July 2017 and May 2018, with further losses at other financial institutions bringing the reported total to about $30 million. Bellum Entertainment shut down in 2017 after its payroll collapsed. Former employees described trouble getting paid, even when they received ch...