A Jamaican-American woman who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List has been extradited to the United States after being captured in Jamaica.
Elaine Escoe, 41, is accused of helping orchestrate a scheme that allegedly defrauded the U.S. government of more than US$32 million in COVID-19 relief funds.
According to authorities, Escoe fled to Jamaica after failing to appear before a U.S. federal court in 2025. Acting on FBI intelligence and information from a public tip, members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) located and arrested her before she was extradited to the Southern District of Florida.
She now faces multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, as well as substantive counts of wire fraud and money laundering.
If convicted, Escoe could face significant prison time under U.S. federal law.