", "Small town rocked by $30 million theft case", She Lived Like a Queen By Scamming An Entire City, "HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media", "Dixon city ex-comptroller, Rita Crundwell, stole $53 million in public funds: Feds", "Woman accused of bilking $53 million from this town, which was Reagan's boyhood home", "Crundwell free on $4,500 bond: Judge OKs bond, with restrictions", "Prosecutor: Embezzlement plea a warning to others", "Dixon budget rebounding after comptroller arrest", "Former Dixon bookkeeper who stole $53M gets nearly 20 years", "Horseplay in Dixon: Lessons Learned from the Rita Crundwell Fraud", State charges against Rita Crundwell dropped, ‘All The Queen’s Horses’ Tells the Story of Rita Crundwell, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rita_Crundwell&oldid=971922119, Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 19 years 7 months imprisonment, forfeiture of $53.7 million, This page was last edited on 9 August 2020, at 02:37. She used the funds to build one of the nation's leading quarter horse breeding empires, all while forcing staff cuts, police budget slashing, and neglect of public infrastructure. [8], In 1983, Crundwell was appointed the treasurer and comptroller for Dixon, working in this capacity for almost three decades. Grimm, Andy; Jenco, Melissa (2012-04-08). Simon Brooks Ward is the pageant's director and producer. [4][6][9] Crundwell acquired a sterling reputation; in 2011, one of the city commissioners praised her stewardship of city finances, saying "she looks after every tax dollar as if it were her own. Their case was bolstered by testimony from Burke and city staffers that Crundwell used dramatic analogies to force spending cuts in order to cover up her theft, which left Dixon unable to provide the most basic services. But the city's outside auditors, Clifton Gunderson (now CliftonLarsonAllen after merging with LarsonAllen in 2012) and local accountant Samuel Card presumed that Crundwell was honest and signed off on her annual financial statements without concern. Rita A. Crundwell (née Humphrey; born January 10, 1953) was the appointed comptroller 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. Plot Summary | … The pageant was to be the first major event of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II taking place in 2012. [17][18] On May 2, 2012, a superseding indictment charged Crundwell with embezzling $53 million over the prior 22 years. The Queen was mounted on Burmese when six blank shots were fired during the 1981 birthday parade, on the way … Alan Titchmarsh and Angela Rippon are ambassadors for the pageant. On November 14, 2012, Crundwell pleaded guilty before Judge Philip Reinhard to a single count of wire fraud. The Diamond Jubilee Pageant, also branded The World Comes to Windsor, held between 10 and 13 May 2012 was an equine pageant held in the grounds of Windsor Castle, organised as part of the Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Ultimately, Reinhard sentenced Crundwell to nineteen years and seven months in prison, close to what prosecutors had sought. [4] She began showing American Quarter Horses in 1978. [20] It was also reported that Dixon lost $30 million in operating funds over the prior decade. Sacco-Miller also said that because Illinois sentencing guidelines require state and federal sentences to run concurrently, Crundwell would likely serve out any sentence imposed at the state level while she was still in federal prison. All the Queen's Horses, a 2017 documentary by Kartemquin Films, focused on Crundwell Illinois Channel : Embezzling $53 MILLION: How Rita Crundwell Operated the … According to federal investigators, this relatively uncomplicated scheme continued for 22 years. [2] The Queen herself is to attend the final day's show. On April 27, 2020 Rita Crundwell submitted a request for a compassionate release with the warden of the Federal Prison Camp in Pekin, Illinois. Films and television. All the Queen's Horses aims to illuminate this landmark case and bring to light the blatant negligence of auditors and bankers the public relied on to keep their tax dollars safe. 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She was arrested later that day and was indicted by a federal grand jury for embezzling $30 million from the city during the previous six years. [4], In the fall of 2011, while Crundwell was on an extended vacation, city clerk and acting comptroller Kathe Swanson discovered the RSCDA account with 179 deposits and associated checking activity. Burmese was foaled at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Remount Ranch at Fort Walsh, Saskatchewan.She was trained in Ottawa and in 1969 was presented to the Queen when members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came to the UK to perform in the Royal Windsor Horse Show.. [21], At sentencing on February 14, 2013, prosecutors sought the maximum sentence of twenty years in federal prison. [28] As of May 31, 2020, her release date is still shown as October 20, 2029. [4][12] Crundwell used the money not only to finance her Quarter Horse operation, but also to support a lifestyle well beyond her $80,000 city salary, purchasing several cars, a second house and a million-dollar motorhome. [4] The arena set will feature images of Buckingham Palace in central London. The authors also review the shortcomings of the external auditors that allowed the city’s financial statements to be materially misstated. [6] Not recognizing the account as a legitimate city account, Swanson alerted Dixon mayor James Burke, who in turn contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). [10], For most of Crundwell's tenure, residents assumed either that she inherited her wealth and/or that her horse breeding business was profitable in its own right. Reinhard noted that she put her passion for raising horses ahead of the needs of the city residents who had entrusted her with their funds, and that a significant prison term was required to restore public confidence. [1], The pageant was broadcast on ITV1 at 18:30 on Sunday 3 June 2012, as a 2-hour programme with the title All the Queen's Horses. Prosecutors sought the forfeiture of her horse farm and 300 horses, in addition to her three homes and a luxury motor vehicle. All the Queen's Horses 87% Final Assessment "Those with an interest in government accountability and white-collar crime, and who appreciate straightforward storytelling, will enjoy this film." [1] Other acts announced include: Organisation for the pageant had begun in mid-2010. Her motion requested home confinement under the First Step act. The Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry Regiment and the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery will open the show. She was the only signatory. Burke and Lee County State's Attorney Henry Dixon said the state charges, which carried a minimum of six years per count, were a backup in case Crundwell was acquitted on the federal charges. [20] The city sued its outside auditors, as well as the city's banker, Fifth Third Bank, for ignoring numerous red flags in Crundwell's actions. [13], Crundwell covered up her embezzlement by claiming that the city's frequent budget shortfalls were due to the state being late in paying its share of tax revenue. The Diamond Jubilee Pageant, also branded The World Comes to Windsor, held between 10 and 13 May 2012 was an equine pageant held in the grounds of Windsor Castle, organised as part of the Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Crundwell was required to forfeit more than $53.7 million in cash, assets and possessions, equivalent to the amount she stole, which is being used to make full restitution to the city.

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