True Crime Producer On FBI Most Wanted List

A true crime producer is now on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. This isn’t a plot from one of her shows. This is her life. Read on to find out more about a massive scam.

A Crime Producer Is A Criminal

On his YouTube channel, Brian Entin Investigates, Brian Entin, covered the case on Christmas Day. He said that the person wanted by the police is 73-year-old “Mary Carole McDonnell.” Brian explained that she was a producer in the true crime industry who gained fame by making shows.

In fact, Entin said that he has common friends with her. “I’ve met some very shady people in the true crime world,” he said “but I think this takes the cake. “

The FBI charges her with orchestrating a large scale fraud scheme. To sum up, the woman was the head of a company making Bellum Entertainment-style shows like I Married a Murderer. According to Brian, authorities claim that she took out huge loans by pretending to be an heiress.

Borrowing From Banks

Allegedly, she told the banks that she was the heiress of “McDonald-Douglas aviation” and that she had the right to “an $80 million trust.” However, that was all fabricated to commit her crime.

Well, she just up and vanished one day after tricking banks into  giving her close to $30 million. At the moment, investigators believe she’s currently in hiding “in Dubai.”

A Former Employee Sheds More Light

One of her employees was ex-FBI agent Bobby Shicone. Updating Brian, he explained more because he worked with Mary Carole McDonnell. At first, he felt that the business was legit.

“I was paid very well,” he told Entin. But then the payments started arriving late. Shicone said that the workers even started taking the equipment to their homes “as collateral,” in case the business went under.

Eventually, he left the job when they owed him “$36,000.”  After he left, he found out that someone went to the office and found the doors shut.

An Eccentric Personality

Looking back, Bobby recalled McDonnell as an eccentric person. “She always seemed a little chaotic to me,” he said. However, he didn’t think it was a fraud at the start. “I don’t really feel like I was duped,” he explained. “I saw it as a debt that was owed to me and that was never paid. “

So, the lady who built her career on true crime stories is now at the center of one. Apparently, the FBI still hopes to run her down. It certainly seems rather weird.

Viewers React

In the comments section, even though it was Christmas Day, many people wanted to say something. One follower wrote:

As a retired bank examiner, I’ll explain the bank side of this, not specific to this event(s), but in general. This is called “lapping,” a form of bank robbery. It requires either lazy bank loan officers or over-worked lending officers. The borrower, once they learn the system, will take out a large loan using maybe real or fake financial records. The loan term require payments, which will be covered by another similar loan from another lender. The fraud becomes a “string” of loans. 

Here are some other responses from the discussion:

• If I want to get a home mortgage the bank runs me through the ringer. Here someone says I’ve got a multi-million dollar trust fund and the bank says “Ok that’s great.”
• Her work taught her how to perpetrate fraud.
• The irony of a true crime producer ending up on the FBI’s Most Wanted list as an alleged phony heiress is wild. It makes you wonder how long she was living a double life…
• This woman could produce a show about her own crime.

What are your thoughts? Do you agree that it seems odd and very unusual for a crime producer to engage in crime? Let us know in the comments below and remember to come back here often for all your true crime news and updates.