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EXCLUSIVE: Alleged $32M COVID-19 fraud fugitive captured in Jamaica and returned to US, FBI says
Elaine Angene Escoe, an alleged $32 million pandemic relief fraud fugitive, was captured in Jamaica under the alias 'Harley Newman' and returned to the U.S. FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche highlighted the arrest as part of an international fraud crackdown, noting Escoe is the fourth fugitive captured in five weeks.
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