Dixon comptroller arrested in $30 million embezzlement scheme
CHICAGO (MCT) — For years Rita Crundwell has kept an eye over virtually every dollar that passed through the small town of Dixon's coffers as city comptroller while also running one of the most successful horse farms in America.
On Tuesday FBI agents led Crundwell from City Hall in handcuffs on charges she misappropriated more than $30 million in city funds in just the last six years. Much of the money went to pay to operate the champion horse breeder's Meri-J Ranch, authorities alleged.
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