True-crime TV producer Mary Carole McDonnell posed as a $77m heiress and allegedly stole $30m before fleeing to Dubai

Mary Carole McDonnell, who ran Bellum Entertainment producing true-crime shows, is the target of an FBI manhunt after allegedly defrauding Banc of California of $14.7 million by fabricating heiress status and forging trust documents. She claimed descent from the McDonnell Douglas aircraft fortune and told the bank an $81 million trust payout was imminent, listing her net worth at $77 million on her loan application. Federal prosecutors say she was indicted in 2018 on five counts of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft, and investigators believe she has since fled to Dubai.

The woman who built a career exposing criminals allegedly submitted forged trust-company paperwork to secure a $15 million bridge loan that she never repaid.

Actor Antonio Sabato Jr., who hosted Bellum's makeover show 'Fix It & Finish It', said he was 'speechless' when reporters informed him his former boss was an FBI fugitive.

McDonnell reportedly won over Banc of California staff by bringing homemade pies to the office — one banker has never forgotten the pecan slice she 'went face down on.'