LOS ANGELES — A 73-year-old woman accused of defrauding the Banc of California if about $14.7 million nearly a decade ago remains wanted by the FBI.

Mary Carole McDonnell is suspected of multiple fraud schemes beginning in July of 2017 that continued until at least May of 2018 throughout Orange and L.A. counties, federal officials said Saturday.

Investigators said they believe that McDonnell also defrauded additional financial institutions in a “similar fashion,” with an estimated loss of more than $15 million.

FBI officials stated “McDonnell falsely claims to be an heir to the McDonnell Aircraft Family, with an $80 million secret trust to which she will have access.”

In December 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for McDonnell after she was charged on suspicion of bank fraud an

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