Mobsters, terrorists and now fraudsters: FBI’s new ‘Most Wanted’ list

WASHINGTON – First the FBI came for the mobsters and other “Most Wanted” fugitives in 1950. Then it came for the “Most Wanted Terrorists” after the 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington 25 years ago.

Now the FBI has a third “Most Wanted” list.

This time for what it says are the nation’s biggest fraudsters.

Three men were added to the list Sept. 3, according to FBI Director Kash Patel, for ripping off a government food-stamp program, the Pentagon and tech investors.

“We’ve already caught four subjects responsible for almost $2 billion in alleged fraud, on three different continents,” and returned them to the U.S. to face justice, Patel said in a Sept. 3 post on X before unveiling wanted posters for the three men. “They were on the run for a combined 3,500 days previously, but not anymore. We’re not slowing down.”

“This is a new official FBI Wanted List which joins the historic Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List founded in 1950 and the Most Wanted Terrorists List founded in 2001,’” the FBI’s National Press Office said in a statement to USA TODAY. "The FBI only has three officially sanctioned official Lists."

The third official FBI List…

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