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Ex-comptroller seeks release from prison over virus concerns

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2012, file photo, former Dixon, Ill., comptroller Rita Crundwell, leaves a courtroom in Dixon. Crundwell, convicted and serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to stealing the money over two decades to support a lavish lifestyle and a nationally renowned horse-breeding operation, has been transferred to the Pekin Federal Correctional Institution in her home state of Illinois. She previously served prison time in Minnesota and at a federal medical center in Texas before her transfer to Pekin in early April 2018. (Alex T. Paschal/TheDaily Gazette via AP, File)

Convicted comptroller transferred to Illinois prison

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Crundwell documentary returns to Dixon for free screenings

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Marshals still going after ex-comptroller’s assets

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Lawyer: No more appeals for ex-Dixon comptroller

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Rita Crundwell (right), the former comptroller of Dixon, Ill., who pleaded guilty in November 2012 to wire fraud, admitting she stole nearly $54 million from the city, arrives with her lawyer, Kristin Carpenter, at the federal courthouse in Rockford, Ill., for her sentencing on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Media, Alex T. Paschal)

Bookkeeper who stole $53M from Illinois city gets nearly 20 years

By Don Babwin - The Washington Times

Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller of Dixon, Ill., pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud in federal court Wednesday. Crundwell embezzled more than $50 million from her small town to bankroll a lavish lifestyle that included a nationally known horse-breeding operation. Her sentencing hearing is Feb. 14. (Associated Press)

Bookkeeper guilty in $53M scam

By Jason Keyser - Associated Press

American Scene: NRC chair says no timetable for nuke plant restart

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Rita Crundwell, former comptroller of Dixon, Ill., leaves federal court in Rockford, Ill., on Monday, May 7, 2012, after pleading not guilty at her arraignment to a single charge of wire fraud. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

Small-town Ill. official pleads not guilty to stealing $53 million

By Robert Ray - Associated Press

Rita Crundwell, of Dixon, Ill., poses with her horse, Pizzazzy Lady, at the 2011 American Quarter Horse Association World Championship in Oklahoma City. Ms. Crundwell is charged with stealing more than $30 million to back a lavish lifestyle. (The American Quarter Horse Journal via Associated Press)

Hometown of Reagan reels from scandal

By Jason Keyser - Associated Press