JESUP, Ga. — The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of escaped inmate Arthur Cofield.
Cofield, 34, escaped from Federal Correctional Institute Jesup in south Georgia last week.
He was serving a more than 11-year sentence for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Cofield was convicted of stealing nearly $11 million while he was already in prison.
Prosecutors say that while behind bars in June 2020, Cofield impersonated someone, got access to their bank account and opened a checking account.
He then placed an order to buy 6,106 American Gold Eagle one-ounce coins for the price of $10,998,859.92 from an Idaho precious metals dealer, pretending to be the victim.
They say Cofield had Charles Schwab wire over $11 million for the purchase.
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Later, Cofield hired a private security company to transport the gold coins to Atlanta by private plane, where he used some of them to buy a $4.4 million Buckhead mansion with his co-conspirators.
The FBI says Cofield should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone who knows where he is should call then at 1-800-225-5324 or online here.
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