Woman on FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list brought back to South Florida

Crime admin July 26, 2026 0 Comments

Woman on FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list brought back to South Florida

Already on supervised release after running one fraud and accused in an indictment of running a COVID-19 fraud out of Miami-Dade and Palm Beach, Elaine Escoe decided to do some more running — fugitive-style, out of the country.

That 13 months on the run ended Saturday when the FBI brought Delray Beach’s Escoe, a member of the agency’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list, back from Jamaica.

“The FBI had information indicating that Escoe had fled to Jamaica and she was captured by authorities in Jamaica after they received a tip,” the FBI’s Miami office posted to its X account.

Now, Escoe will have more charges added to the money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges she sought to avoid when she didn’t show up for her June 5, 2005 court date.

It’s not as if Escoe didn’t know about the court date. After getting caught committing wire fraud to get a $50,000 credit line for one of her businesses, Escoe got sentenced to six months in federal prison and a year of supervised release. Being under supervised release comes with a probation officer and Escoe’s reminded her face-to-face on May 30, 2025 about her court date seven days in the future.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed to have Escoe considered a fugitive on July 9, 2025.

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Creating false papers to get that real paper

According to the indictment, Escoe, Cher David, Gino Jourdan, Alfred Da Vis, Latoya Clark and James McGhow submitted applications for COVID relief loans and grants with a long list of falsehoods.

The indictment accused them of lying about annual revenue, monthly payroll and employees — and supporting those lies by creating fraudulent bank account statements and IRS forms.

“From in or around May 2020 to in or around April 2021 , the defendants submitted or caused to be submitted approximately 92 false and fraudulent PPP loan applications,” the indictment said.

The Escoe-owned companies were RBA Global, which she used in the fraud for which she was convicted; Lyfe Concierge; A&E Event Planning; and Luxx Lashes by Lay. The first three companies, state corporate records say, were based out of the Delray Beach commercial building at 301 W. Atlantic Ave. Luxx Lashes used the North Miami Beach address 2020 NE 163rd St.

Those same state corporate records say RBA Global existed before the COVID-19 pandemic began, registered Oct. 12, 2015, allowed to become inactive then reinstated on Aug. 1, 2018. Lyfe Concierge got its corporate birth Oct. 27, 2019, just months before the pandemic hit.

But, Lux Lashes registered as a business May 12, 2020, two months after South Florida schools and other entities began to shut down. And, A&E Event Planning registered with the state Sept. 30, 2020.