Don't Look a Fraud Horse in the Mouth | The Case of Dixon, Illinois

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REFERENCES

All the Queen’s Horses Documentary — Kelly Richmond Pope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS1T3IwOQSs

Lessons learned from shocking municipal fraud cases — CPA Insider

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/newsletters/2018/oct/lessons-learned-municipal-fraud-cases.html

FBI press release — indictment

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/chicago/press-releases/2012/federal-indictment-charges-former-dixon-comptroller-rita-crundwell-with-engaging-in-53-million-fraud-since-1990

Dixon’s quiet hero — Fraud Magazine

https://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295003585

DOJ sentencing press release

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/former-dixon-comptroller-rita-crundwell-sentenced-nearly-20-years-federal-prison-537

Rita Crundwell and the Dixon Embezzlement - Chicago Magazine

https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2012/Rita-Crundwell-and-the-Dixon-Embezzlement/

Rita Crundwell stole $54 million then returned to the scene of the crime - WGN

https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/rita-crundwell-stole-54-million-then-returned-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/

How one of the biggest swindlers in American history built a horse breeding empire - LA Times

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-horse-swindler-crundwell-20151030-story.html

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