CNBC’s investigative news program, American Greed, will be airing an hour-long television special tomorrow, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, that will feature Rita Crundwell. The special, which is entitled, American Greed #83- The Cunning Cowgirl Crook, will recount how Crundwell used her position as the comptroller of Dixon, Illinois to steal $53 million to fund her horse-breeding empire.
TV Special Description:
“Rita Crundwell is a small town comptroller, but in her private time she builds an American Quarter Horse breeding empire that is the envy of the horse showing world. It’s all paid for by the citizens of Dixon, Illinois, because she siphons more than $53 million of the city’s revenue into her business, all while her town suffers through crushing budget cuts. When her embezzlement is finally discovered, this cowgirl gets thrown off her high horse.”
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