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Rita Crundwell, 59, is accused by federal authorities of diverting $53 million in city money into a personal account over two decades, using it to bankroll a lavish lifestyle.
May 15, 2024 · Crundwell is accused of misappropriating more than $53 million from Dixon to help support a lavish lifestyle and her nationally renowned horse breeding operation. She’s pleaded not guilty.
Rita A. Crundwell is the former Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, Illinois, from 1983 to 2012, and the admitted operator of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history.
May 21, 2024 · Rita Crundwell is the former Comptroller (accounting officer) and Treasurer of Dixon, Illinois (population 15,000), who from 1983 to 2012 committed, what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history, embezzling nearly $90 million (AUS). On this episode of TYP David and I (okay, mai….
May 27, 2024 · DIXON, Ill. — An auction of items seized from the former Dixon comptroller convicted of stealing nearly $54 million from the northern Illinois city, raised nearly $47,000.
May 23, 2024 · Rita Crundwell, 60, former comptroller of the city of Dixon, Illinois pleaded guilty on November 14, 2012, to wire fraud, and agreed she also engaged in money laundering, in connection with stealing more than $53 million from the city since 1990 and using the proceeds to finance her quarter horse farming business and life of luxury.
May 31, 2024 · He covered the aftermath of the Rita Crundwell while working as a beat reporter in Dixon. His No. 1 goal as news editor is to provide information that is timely and empowers readers to be informed members of their local communities.
