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Longtime AQHA Breeder & Exhibitor Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement.


A small U.S. town stunned by accusations that its longtime bookkeeper embezzled more than $50 million heard her plead guilty in court on Wednesday. A longtime bookkeeper pleaded guilty Wednesday to allegations she embezzled more than $50 million from a small city in Illinois to fund a lavish lifestyle that included a nationally known horse-breeding operation.


Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller of Dixon, pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud in federal court in Rockford. She was allowed to remain free until her Feb. 14 sentencing hearing. Prosecutors have said she stole public money while overseeing the city’s finances and siphoned it into a secret bank account.


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Courtesy Associated Press, By Jayson Keyser Crundwell continued....


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