12-cv-50153 Rita Crundwell case petition to intervene
The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, for its verified complaint against the above-named defendant properties, alleges in...
View ArticleDixon Pension Money Used To Pay Bills?
While the state of Illinois struggles to meet its obligations for pension funding, it has been revealed that the comptroller for the City of Dixon may have dipped into the pension funds for city police...
View ArticleFeds seek to sell certain Crundwell assets
ROCKFORD – The selling of former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell’s assets to recoup money for the city could begin soon, pending a federal judge’s ruling. Prosecutors have filed a motion asking to be...
View ArticleJudge allows sale of Crundwell horses
ROCKFORD – As lawyers convened behind closed doors Friday, Rita Crundwell stared straight ahead as she waited for a decision on whether her 401 prime quarter horses would be sold before her case is...
View ArticleDates announced for auction of Rita Crundwell’s horses.
WREX- The U.S. Marshals Service is moving forward with the auction of horses owned by former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell. A live auction will be held at Crundwell’s farm in Dixon on September 23...
View ArticleHorses set for auction
Hopes are high that some of the horses will go for six figures, especially since the horses up for sale come from a history of champions. “This case is remarkable, it’s quite frankly unprecedented,”...
View ArticleHow did she do it? – Rita Crundwell
From Chicago Magazine. Full article can be found here http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2012/Rita-Crundwell-and-the-Dixon-Embezzlement/ It was time. The three men, in standard-issue...
View ArticleRita crundwell pleads guilty
November 14, 2012 (ROCKFORD) — Her schemes to defraud the City of Dixon went on for more than 20-years. Rita Crundwell pleads guilty to federal charges Wednesday morning. Giving up her rights to a fair...
View ArticleDisgraced former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell was sentenced today to...
Dixon woman, Rita Crundwell sentenced to 235 months in prison after stealing $53 million from the city. (WGN – Chicago) Disgraced former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell was sentenced today to about 19...
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