Rita A. Crundell (born January 10, 1953) was the appointed controller and treasurer of Dixon, Illinois from 1983 to 2012, and the admitted operator of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history.  She was fired in April 2012 after the discovery that she had embezzled $53.7 million from the city of Dixon for over twenty-two years to support her championship American Quarter Horse breeding operation.  Crundell pleded guilty to her crimes and was sentenced to nearly twenty years in prison. What are your thoughts on:  Rita’s personality; Were there three aspects of the fraud triangle present in the Case? What are they?

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Rita A. Crundell (born January 10, 1953) was the appointed controller and treasurer of Dixon, Illinois from 1983 to 2012, and the admitted operator of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history.  She was fired in April 2012 after the discovery that she had embezzled $53.7 million from the city of Dixon for over twenty-two years to support her championship American Quarter Horse breeding operation.  Crundell pleded guilty to her crimes and was sentenced to nearly twenty years in prison.

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  • Were there three aspects of the fraud triangle present in the Case? What are they?

 

 

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