Welcome to the FBI’s Most Wanted List (phony heiress update) | Dirty Money Moves S1 E15

Since we concluded our season 1 investigative series on Mary Carole McDonnell, the phony Hollywood heiress, in July 2022 there haven't been any material updates in her case. It’s been crickets for the past few years until early December 2025 when Mary Carole was added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Suddenly, Mary Carole’s case was making headlines with every news outlet you can think of. Jami, host of Dirty Money Moves, began doing some digging to satisfy her curiosity about what may have prompted this action by the FBI. She found something interesting in the Dubai court system. It was a Public Notice of Appeal filed by Jeffrey John Nilles, Mary Carole’s husband. He’d filed an appeal in June 2024 in response to an unfavorable civil judgment against him in Dubai. There were three people named as notified parties to the appeal, one of them being a woman named Thilani Kumari Brady. A few weeks after finding this information, Jami received a DM from Thilani indicating she’d befriended Mary Carole McDonnell and Jeffrey Nilles in Dubai and that they’d attempted to get their hands on her money. Thilani agreed to an interview and provided a lot of insight on who Mary Carole McDonnell and Jeffrey Nilles are, and what they’re up to in Dubai. Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube! If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH. Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media. Executive Producers are: Jami Rice and Sim Sarna If you enjoy MURDERISH and Dirty Money Moves, please do us a favor and give the podcast a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices