As the old saying goes: Running only makes you look guilty.

But in the case of two California criminals, they were already guilty anyway and they have up and vanished... and the FBI is now offering twenty grand to anyone who finds them:

A California couple was sentenced to prison for illegally obtaining more than $20 million in COVID-19 relief funds — but authorities need to catch them first.

Richard Ayvazyan, 43, was sentenced to 17 years behind bars and his wife, 37-year-old Marietta Terabelian, received a six-year sentence in federal prison on Monday for conspiracy, bank fraud and money laundering, according to the Department of Justice.

The two are on the run from authorities and were sentenced in absentia.

Federal officials said they cut off their tracking bracelets on Aug. 29...

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of Richard Ayvazyan and Terabelian.

For a combined 23 years in prison, I guess it's not surprising that they got out of Dodge. Any of us would've done the same.

Oh wait... none of us would've stolen $20 million in the first place. So nevermind.