PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — One of the FBI’s most wanted fraud suspects, who is from South Florida, is behind bars after escaping the country, authorities confirmed.
Agents had been looking for Elaine Escoe, of Palm Beach County, for nearly two months.
They accuse her of submitting more than 90 fake applications for COVID relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program.
The applications totaled $32 million.
Escoe was arrested back in May, but agents said she never showed up for her June court appearance.
Agents said they got a tip that she flew to Jamaica.
Authorities there helped with her arrest before she was brought back to the United States, agents confirmed.
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