Ex-Ill. comptroller pleads guilty to $53M fraud

Ex-Ill. comptroller pleads guilty to $53M fraud

November 14, 2012 7:00 PM

Former Dixon, Ill., Comptroller Rita Crundwell pleaded guilty to the largest-ever municipal fraud of public funds - siphoning some $53 million from the town's treasury. WBBM CBS 2's Marissa Bailey reports.

Rita Crundwell, ex-Ill. city official, pleads guilty to embezzling more than $50 million
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