Fraudster Arrested In Jamaica
President Trump’s FBI and Department of Justice are sending a clear message that pandemic fraud is no longer being ignored. One of the FBI’s Most Wanted COVID fraud suspects, Elaine Angene Escoe, has been captured after allegedly stealing more than $32 million in taxpayer-funded relief programs.
Prosecutors say she submitted over 90 fraudulent applications for PPP loans, EIDL funds, Restaurant Revitalization grants, and other COVID programs before fleeing the country under a false identity. After months on the run in Jamaica, she was tracked down through a joint effort involving the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and Jamaican authorities.
She now faces multiple federal fraud and money laundering charges and is the fourth FBI Most Wanted fraud suspect captured in just five weeks. Here’s more from Stephen Gardner.
