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City's ex-comptroller pleads guilty to stealing millions of dollars in public funds
(MCT) — CHICAGO — Rita Crundwell, once the trusted comptroller of Dixon, Ill., entered her name into the record book of Illinois embezzlers Wednesday when she pleaded guilty to stealing tens of millions of dollars in public funds — a plea she made, her lawyer said, because she wanted to spare taxpayers the expense of a trial.
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