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Rita A. Crundwell (née Humphrey; born January 10, 1953) is the former comptroller and treasurer of Dixon, Illinois, from 1983 to 2012.She was fired in April 2012 after the discovery that she had embezzled $53.7 million from the city of Dixon for over 22 years to support her championship American Quarter Horse breeding operation, as well as a lavish lifestyle away from work.
Kelly Richmond Pope is a forensic accountant, [1] professor at DePaul University and filmmaker who analyzes corporate crime. [2] Her 2017 documentary on Rita Crundwell's embezzlement from the city of Dixon, Illinois, All the Queen’s Horses, [3] won the HBO Spotlight Award for Best Documentary at its World Premiere in 2017 and the Golden Laurels Award at the 2018 Beloit International Film ...
Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, Rita Crundwell (R) [87] was sentenced to 19 years and 7 months in prison for fraud, having embezzled $53 million. (2013) [88] Alderman of Chicago Isaac Carothers (D) convicted of corruption. (2010) [89]
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Among the other questionable pardons and clemencies was one Biden issued for Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller of Dixon, Illinois. Crundwell was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to nearly 20 ...
(The Center Square) – An analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Justice found on average more than one Illinois public servant was convicted every week between 1983 and 2023. As longtime ...
In September 2013, CLA agreed to pay a $35,100,000 settlement on the audit of the City of Dixon, Illinois. Clifton Gunderson had performed the audit for many years, but Clifton Gunderson had failed to recognize fraud committed by the city's comptroller, Rita Crundwell, that amounted to nearly $54 million. [15]
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