The former comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, convicted of embezzling over $53 million from city coffers, was among nearly 1,500 people who had their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden on Thursday. Rita Crundwell, 71, served a little over eight years ...

The president commuted the sentences of 1,499 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.

President Joe Biden commutes the sentence of former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell. In 2012, Crundwell was convicted in federal court of embezzling nearly $54 million from the city. She was sentenced in 2013 to spend 19 years and seven months in federal prison.

Crundwell embezzled over $53 million from city coffers and used those funds for personal business expenses, including her horse breeding business, personal credit cards, and several real estate properties.

President Biden communted the sentence of Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, who stole $53 million from the small town. Current officials there are furious.

A former city employee in Illinois who was convicted of stealing millions of dollars had her sentence commuted Thursday by President Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes.

President Joe Biden’s decision to grant clemency to nearly 1,500 people Thursday is getting attention because it’s the largest act of clemency by any president. It’s being received differently in Dixon,