DIXON, Ill. (AP) _ Federal prosecutors say in an indictment that
a former financial officer for the city of Dixon in northern
Illinois stole millions more than an initial investigation had
uncovered.
Tuesday's indictment accuses Rita Crundwell of stealing more
than $53 million from the city since 1990. In an initial criminal
complaint filed upon her April 17 arrest, prosecutors had accused
her of siphoning $30 million in public funds to a secret account
she controlled.
Crundwell is accused of using the money to fund her successful
horse-breeding operations and a lavish lifestyle that included
expensive jewelry and luxury vehicles.
The former comptroller will be arraigned May 7 in U.S. District
Court in Rockford.
The theft stunned the small city of 16,000 people.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Federal Indictment claims 311 horses owned by former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell are subject to seizure. More on CBS4 News.
ReplyDeleteFederal Indictment claims Rita Crundwell has ranch in Dixon, IL, in Wisc., a home in 'FL, a $2 million motor home, & a 67 Chevy Corvette.
ReplyDeleteFederal Indictment says Rita Crundwell created fictitious invoices purported to be from state of Illinois to show auditors for the city of Dixon that the money she was taking was being used for legitimate purposes. Indictment says she told Mayor and City Council that the state was late in their payments even though she knew she had already transferred those funds to her account.
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