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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 is the admitted operator of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history. She was fired in April 2012 after the discovery that she had embezzled $53.7 million from the city of Dixon ...
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 ...
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- A former city bookkeeper was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $53 million from her Illinois community, in what ranks as one of the worst ...
ROCKFORD, Ill. --- The top federal prosecutor in northern Illinois says former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell's theft of $53 million from the city is "one of the most significant abuses of ...
In case 1, $54 million is embezzled by small-town comptroller Rita Crundwell to fund her horse-breeding company. In case 2, Staten Island real estate developer Joseph Mazella defrauds victims of $14 million, by pretending he has perfect residential developments. [31] [33]
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Rita Crundwell (1971), criminal convicted of the largest municipal embezzlement in U.S. history [13] [14] Isaiah Roby (2016), basketball player for NBA's OKC Thunder;
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]