DIXON, Ill. — Update: Rita Crundwell has been transferred from prison into a different type of facility, such as a home confinement or a residential reentry center, according to the Federal ...

Rita Crundwell, who was convicted of embezzling nearly $54 million from Dixon when she worked as the comptroller of the small town 100 miles west of Chicago, has been released from prison.

Rita Crundwell, the woman who embezzled $53 million during her tenure as Dixon’s comptroller, is released from prison, the City of Dixon confirmed Wednesday night.

DIXON — Former city comptroller Rita Crundwell has been transferred to a halfway house in the Chicago area. The Federal Bureau of Prisons on Thursday confirmed the transfer but would not say why ...

Rita Crundwell was convicted of embezzling nearly $54 million from the city of Dixon in 2013. ... Crundwell was sentenced in 2013 to 19 years, seven months in federal prison, ...

ROCKFORD — Rita A. Crundwell was sentenced to 235 months in prison today for defrauding taxpayers out of $53.7 million to finance an over-the-top lifestyle. The sentence calculates to 19 years ...

Today, District Judge Philip Reinhard sentenced former City of Dixon, IL Comptroller Rita Crundwell (60) to 19 1/2 years (235 months) in prison for diverting $53 million from city coffers to her ...

Former Dixon, Illinois comptroller Rita Crundwell will spend nearly 20 years in prison and her sentence begins immediately. After hearing testimony from five witnesses and closing arguments from ...

Rita Crundwell is facing up to 20 years in prison. Nov. 15, 2012— -- A former comptroller for a small town in Illinois pleaded guilty to embezzling $53 million from city accounts to feed a ...

Rita Crundwell, Ill. financial officer who allegedly stole $53 million, sentenced to 19.5 years in prison By Casey Glynn February 14, 2013 / 12:47 PM EST / CBS News ...

Convicted $54 million municipal embezzler Rita Crundwell has been transferred to a federal prison in her home state of Illinois. Sauk Valley Media reports the 65-year-old former Dixon comptroller ...

Rita Crundwell, who was convicted of embezzling nearly $54 million from Dixon when she worked as the comptroller of the small town 100 miles west of Chicago, has been released from prison, reports ...