FBI Searches For Foreign National Allegedly Involved In $34 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme
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Derek VanBuskirk
Reporter
September 12, 2025
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced its search for a Jamaican national wanted on federal charges for her alleged involvement in a $34 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.
Florida-based 40-year-old Elaine Angene Escoe made the FBI’s most wanted list after failing to appear at a scheduled court hearing on June 5, according to a statement released by the bureau Friday. (RELATED: How Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Assassin Was Caught)
Escoe is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, wire fraud, concealment of money laundering and transactional money laundering, according to the press release.
Escoe allegedly belongs to a crew that submitted more than 90 fraudulent applications for funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) and Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) between May 2020 and November 2021, according to the FBI’s poster.
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