Nearly a dozen years later, frustration, shock, disappointment, and outrage were some of the responses Thursday to the decision to commute Crundwell's sentence. The fact notwithstanding that Crundwell has been out of prison for several years, many involved with the case said clemency sends the...
Ms. Swanson's simple request accidentally uncovered the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history. Rita Crundwell was born in 1953 and raised on a farm near the City of Dixon. She and her family were well-known in the local community. Perceived as a bright student, she obtained a work-...