A St Joseph woman was arrested this morning and led out of a local call center in handcuffs by the FBI.

A U.S. Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Vicky Diane McDonnell with 52 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, mail fraud, and making false statements.

McDonnell was a part owner and office manager at MPC Billboards Inc. and its sister company Max Pro Consultants in Savannah.

According to the indictment, McDonnell allegedly devised a scheme to defraud the company for approximately $906,415.25.

The indictment asserts that McDonnell fraudulently  wrote  business  checks for  extensive  personal  expenses without the companies’ knowledge or consent.  Prosecutors say some of the checking account records are not recoverable.

From 1998 until 2009,  she also allegedly over-paid herself approximately $392,695.51 in salary.   The grand jury also said McDonnell wrote unauthorized checks to her mother and two of her children.

MPC and Max Pro are owned in part by Fred Ramsey, an on-air host at Eagle Radio in St Joseph.