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Title: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: RobJohnson on April 17, 2012, 04:52:28 PM
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The city comptroller for Dixon, Illinois was arrested by FBI agents for allegedly misappropriating more than $30 million in city money to fund her personal expenses.
 
Rita Crundwell, 58, handled all finances for the city since the early 1980s.
 
She is accused of defrauding more than $3.2 million in public funds from the city of Dixon since the fall of 2011.   


Wow....that's a lot of cash!

More (http://wqad.com/2012/04/17/dixon-comptroller-arrested/)
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: thundley4 on April 17, 2012, 05:08:36 PM
What is really sad is that the people of that city must have been extremely over taxed.  I mean if she was stealing that much money and it was going unnoticed, then the city must have been rolling in dough.
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: obumazombie on April 17, 2012, 05:32:37 PM
I wish I knew what the percentage of embezzlers that get away clean after the statute of limitations runs.
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: JohnnyReb on April 17, 2012, 06:08:46 PM
Now that's one high maintenance bitch.
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: RobJohnson on April 18, 2012, 02:34:14 AM
Quote from: JohnnyReb on April 17, 2012, 06:08:46 PM
Now that's one high maintenance bitch.

At what point don't people notice all the cool stuff she is buying?????
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: NHSparky on April 18, 2012, 04:03:51 PM
How the hell does the auditor NOT notice that $30 million has been missing, especially in a city like Dixon where the population is under 20K?

I nadined it on city-data.com, and found out the town budget for an entire year was something like $8-9 million a year.  How the hell does someone NOT notice that for over 30 years?
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: Lacarnut on April 19, 2012, 06:32:47 PM
Horsing around with those sisters in prison will not be to her liking
Title: Re: Re: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on April 19, 2012, 06:57:45 PM
Quote from: NHSparky on April 18, 2012, 04:03:51 PM
How the hell does the auditor NOT notice that $30 million has been missing, especially in a city like Dixon where the population is under 20K?

I nadined it on city-data.com, and found out the town budget for an entire year was something like $8-9 million a year.  How the hell does someone NOT notice that for over 30 years?

That's what I find incredulous too.  Routine audits should have caught something like that, as well as the fact a city's finances are public record.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: Zeus on April 19, 2012, 07:24:52 PM
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on April 19, 2012, 06:57:45 PM
That's what I find incredulous too.  Routine audits should have caught something like that, as well as the fact a city's finances are public record.

Wonder how they can float a bond for capital improvements or road work or the such.
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: CG6468 on April 19, 2012, 08:31:35 PM
Don't forget - this is Illinois, the land of graft and corruption.
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: obumazombie on April 19, 2012, 08:36:15 PM
Quote from: CG6468 on April 19, 2012, 08:31:35 PM
Don't forget - this is Illinois, the land of graft and corruption.
How is old Blago doing anyway ?
Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: CG6468 on April 19, 2012, 08:39:18 PM
Quote from: obumazombie on April 19, 2012, 08:36:15 PM
How is old Blago doing anyway ?

I hope he's making license plates.

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Title: Re: Dixon, IL Comproller Arrested (President Reagan's boyhood home)
Post by: DefiantSix on April 19, 2012, 09:18:59 PM
Quote from: obumazombie on April 19, 2012, 08:36:15 PM
How is old Blago doing anyway ?

I hear ol' "Perfect Hair" is the belle of the cell block.
















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