Between September 2011 and March 2012, in her capacity as comptroller, Crundwell wrote 19 checks totaling $3.5 million on the Capital Development Fund account payable to “Treasurer,” and deposited these checks into the account listing RSCDA as the joint account holder. She then allegedly took more than $3 million from the RSCDA account by checks and online withdrawals, using only about $74,000 for the city’s operations. Crundwell allegedly used the remainder of those funds, more than $3.2 million, for her own personal and business expenses, including approximately $450,000 relating to her horse farming operations, $600,000 in online credit card payments, and $67,000 to purchase a 2012 Chevy Silverado pickup truck.

After discovering that Crundwell allegedly had recently transferred $3,558,000 in city funds to the RSCDA account, the FBI obtained additional bank records showing that between July 2006 and March 2012, Crundwell allegedly deposited a total of more than $30 million in city funds into the RSCDA account, and paid out the same for her own personal and business expenses.

The complaint alleges that she used fraudulently obtained funds to make additional purchases, including a 2009 Liberty Coach Motor Home for more than $2 million, a 2009 Kenworth T800 Tractor Truck for $147,000, a 2009 Freightliner Truck for $140,000, a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, and a 2009 Featherlite Horse Trailer for $259,000. Between January of 2007 and March of 2012, Crundwell incurred charges of more than $2.5 million on her personal American Express credit card account, including more than $339,000 on jewelry alone, and allegedly used Dixon funds to pay the entire amount of charges.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

What does a 2.1 Million Dollar Liberty Coach Look Like?

Our town crook, Rita Crundwell, in the midst of extorting over 30 million dollars from our nice little town of Dixon, IL purchased a 2009 Liberty Coach "motorhome" for 2.1 million (yes, million) dollars. And what does this look like? Here's a few images for ya:





Rita Crundwell Video Press Conference LIVE

Here you will see the video of the Dixon, IL Mayor, James C. Burke (who also happens to own Burke Realty in Dixon, one of the larger real estate firms in the area) delivering his comments, concerns, and "political" views of the situation of one of his underlings, Rita Crundwell who has been accused of STEALING over 30 million dollars over a six year period from the City of Dixon...



Oh, in case you want to contact him for property sales, by all means, go right ahead. 


Here is his information:




Rita Crundwell, Buying Her Way to the Top With Dixon Taxpayer's Money


I love the name of one of her horses....."Good I Will Be". Two years after this photo, and what, around 96K a week stolen from the taxpayers of Dixon, IL (yes, you read that right. 32 million over a six year period? Nearly 100K a WEEK was stolen from the City of Dixon by RITA CRUNDWELL).

Does it seem fair she wins these trophies? Look at the smile on her face. Is feeling that good worth the pain she caused my community?



Horses Purchased By Rita Crundwell- With Dixon, IL tax dollars


Here is an excerpt from http://www.professionalauction.com/07wld_PIX.htm showing one of the horses our local scam artist and now well known crook purchased....

75K? I am sure that was purchased with legit money from her 80K a year salary, don't you think so?





She had multiple purchases at this auction dated in 2007 as well (PDF file)
http://www.professionalauction.com/07_PDF/07wld_Results.pdf



07wld Results

An Example of Rita's Auctions of Horses via Proxybid

More of our tax dollars that Rita Crundwell stole from us and profits of sales from one of her previous auctions.....



A few sales from this ONE auction. Had it not been for the theft of 30+ million dollars, none of this would have been possible. Note the date on the image above. She started STEALING our taxpayer dollars in 2006, remember.....




Rita Crundwell is Hiring Drivers?! Email to Contact (Does Email Work in Jail?)

http://www.truckdrivingcdljobs.com/Owner%20Operator%20Jobs/Illinois/Dixon/RITA%20A%20CRUNDWELL.php


Company Name: RITA A CRUNDWELL
Address: 1679 U S ROUTE 52
City, ST Zip: DIXON,IL 61021
Phone / Fax: 8152849425
Email: RITAC@GRICS.NET
Power Units: 5
Dot Number: 1393199

Magistrate Judge P. Michael Mahoney




"U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Mahoney set the bond – and the conditions under which she will be allowed to remain free – after receiving a pretrial report that determined she is not a flight risk or a danger to the community.

Among the conditions: Crundwell cannot travel outside northern Illinois and western Wisconsin (where she owns horse farms) cannot obtain a passport, and must surrender her Firearm Owner’s Identification Card and two guns.


In addition, the nationally known quarter horse breeder may not sell any of her horses or other property, and she is banned from touching two bank accounts."


http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/04/18/crundwell-free-on-4-500-bond/a2ge00j/


If you are interested in contacting the judge that set the bond:


Magistrate Judge P. Michael Mahoney
Rockford Courthouse - 211 South Court St.Courtroom 206 Chambers 204 
Telephone Number:            (815) 987-4360      





http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/home/JudgeInfo.aspx




More "Trophies" Ill Gotten from Taxpayer's Money

"Crundwell’s breeding program has produced 49 World or Reserve World Champions and thus far, horses bred by Crundwell have earned an approximate $372,774 in AQHA Incentive Fund, World Show and NSBA earnings."

See that? 372K. This was an article from 2010. THIS MONEY SHOULD BE PAYED BACK TO THE DIXON TOWNSFOLK. She wouldn't have had these types of winnings without STEALING our tax money!

This image shows it all. Please click on the image to go to the original article posted at Equinechronicle.com:





Rita Crundwell vs The USA- Official Criminal Complaint PDF

Below you will see a copy of the actual Criminal Complaint of Rita Crundwell vs. USA.

Wire Fraud....

Wikipedia states it's meaning:

In the United States, mail and wire fraud is any fraudulent scheme to intentionally deprive another of property or honest services via mail or wire communication.

In my eyes, as well as yours (I can only imagine) this is the least of charges that will and should eventually be captured in this fiasco.....

Rita A. Crundwell was charged with Wire Fraud through a FBI investigation (read more about it on the document below) headed by Special Agent Patrick Garry.


USvsRita

Rita Crundwell Scam - Dixon, IL

Here it is folks. Let the drama unfold.

Rita Crundwell, 58, a [former] Comptroller located in the small'ish town of Dixon, IL has embezzled approximately 32 million dollars (yes, I said million) from our little town.

Nice fur Rita, thanks to OUR tax dollars, huh?


You might have read the articles in our local paper, the Sauk Valley Newspaper:

Crundwell free on $4,500 Bond

Or you might have seen it on some of the "bigger" news outlets:

CBS News-

Rita Crundwell, Dixon Ill. comptroller, stole $30M from city, authorities say


Fox News-

Huffington Post-

Or even the Chicago Tribune-

But you won't hear the input from the people. Only the news sources, and we all know how limited their reach is. 

As someone who has been following this case unravel, I am using this blog to vent my feelings and frustrations toward this coward, this thief, this manipulator, and this outright scandalous and mischievous person, Rita Crundwell.

Commenting is open on every post, so feel free to vent or voice your opinions at your own discretion. You can comment as Anonymous, although I would hope that you stand behind your admissions and let your voice be heard.

Be advised that at times, I will write NSFW (not safe for work). Although I will do my best to not be vulgar, this is a very touchy subject and I am extremely pissed off at this woman and what she has done to our community. 

Thank you for reading,
The People.