ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A federal prosecutor said Wednesday that a small-town Illinois bookkeeper’s admission that she embezzled more than $50 million should serve as a warning for other public officials.
Gary Shapiro, the acting U.S. Attorney for northern Illinois, called the case of former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell “one of the most significant abuses of public trust ever seen in Illinois.”
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