Former Dixon comptroller convicted of stealing $54M has sentence commuted by President Biden
Former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who embezzled more than $50 million from the city and was sentenced to 19 years in prison in 2013, was among 1,500 sentences commuted Thursday by President Joe Biden.
Former Dixon official convicted of embezzling over $53 million is among Biden pardons
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 ...
President Biden commutes sentence for former Dixon, Ill. Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who embezzled over $53M
The president commuted the sentences of 1,499 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.
Dixon residents stunned by Biden's commutation of former comptroller Rita Crundwell
Rita Crundwell was convicted in 2013 of embezzling nearly $54 million from the City of Dixon over more than two decades.
Biden commutes sentence of former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell
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.
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Rita Crundwell commutation draws angry reactions from Dixon officials
The decision by President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell sparked intense reaction Thursday.
Many outraged after President Biden commutes ex-Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell's sentence
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.
Biden commutes sentence of official who stole $53M from small Illinois town, sparking outrage
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.
Former Dixon comptroller who embezzled more than $50 million has sentence commuted
Former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell, who stole more than $50 million from the community, had the remainder of her sentence commuted Thursday.
'It just shocks the conscience': Dixon officials feel betrayed in wake of Crundwell sentence commutation
Local and state officials reacted with outrage Thursday after learning President Joe Biden is commuting the remainder of Rita Crundwell's nearly 20-year federal prison sentence. The former Dixon city comptroller convicted of embezzling $53.
She Stole Millions From Taxpayers to Buy Show Horses. Biden Set Her Free.
Dixon, Illinois Mayor Glen Hughes told Newsweek the commutation will be a "dark moment" in the city's history.
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Former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell was among a record-high 1,499 people to receive commutations in a single day from ...