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Forfeiture of $53.7 million. Rita A. Crundwell (née Humphrey; born January 10, 1953) 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.
- November 14, 2012 (pleaded guilty)
- 19 years 7 months imprisonment, Forfeiture of $53.7 million
Jul 23, 2015 · ROCKFORD — The former comptroller of the City of Dixon, Ill., RITA A. CRUNDWELL, was sentenced today to 19 years and 7 months, nearly the 20-year maximum, in federal prison for stealing $53.7 million from the city over two decades.
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May 12, 2023 · It was the spring of 2012 and nearly three weeks had passed since police had marched Rita Crundwell, the town’s well-liked comptroller, out the door of that very same building in handcuffs.
Aug 5, 2021 · Rita Crundwell, who was convicted of embezzling nearly $54 million from Dixon when she worked as the comptroller of the small town 100 miles west of Chicago, has been released from prison. In 2013, Crundwell was sentenced to 19 years, 7 months in federal prison.
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Aug 5, 2021 · The former comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, has been released from prison less than halfway through her sentence for stealing nearly $54 million from the city. Rita Crundwell, 68, was...
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Aug 5, 2021 · Former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who pleaded guilty in 2012 to what authorities then called the largest municipal fraud in the country’s history, was released from prison Wednesday —...
Nov 14, 2012 · Rita Crundwell and the Dixon Embezzlement – Chicago Magazine. THE $53 MILLION BAMBOOZLE: How the trusted comptroller of a small Illinois town became the biggest municipal embezzler in U.S....
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