RITAA.CRUNDWELLViolation:Title18,UnitedStatesCode,Section1343~.~INDICTMENT
j
ud
3t
eA
YL
)
)
)No.12CR50027
))
Case:3:12-cr-50027Document#:14Filed:
05/01/12
Page1of9PagelD#:30
UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTNORTHERNDISTRICTOFILLINOISWESTERNDIVISIONUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICAv.TheDECEMBER2011GRANDJURYcharges:1.Attimesmaterialtothisindictment:(a)DefendantRITAA.CRUNDWELLwasemployedasthecomptrollerfortheCityofDixon,Illinois.Ascomptroller,CRUNDWELLhandledallofthefinancesfortheCityofDixon.(b)TheCityofDixonmaintainedamoneymarketaccountatUSBank("MoneyMarketaccount")intowhichweredepositedfundsrepresentingtheCityofDixon'sshareofvarioustaxdistributionsmadebytheStateofIllinoisincludingthemunicipal1%shareofsalestax,localshareofincometax,non-homerulesalestax,personalpropertyreplacementtax,motorfueltax,localshareofstateusetax,andsimplifiedmunicipaltelecommunicationstax.(c)TheCityofDixonmaintainedanaccountnamedthe"CapitalDevelopmentFund"atFifthThirdBank("CapitalDevelopmentFundaccount").
2
Case:3:12-cr-50027Document#:14Filed:
05/01/12
Page2of9PagelD#:31
2.BeginningatleastasearlyasDecember18,1990,andcontinuingtoonoraboutApril17,2012,atDixon,intheNorthernDistrictofIllinois,WesternDivision,andelsewhere,RITAA.CRUNDWELL,defendantherein,knowinglydevisedandintendedtodeviseaschemetodefraudandtoobtainmoneyfromtheCityofDixon,Illinoisbymeansofmateriallyfalseandfraudulentpretenses,representations,andpromises,whichschemeisfurtherdescribedbelow.3.
It
wastheobjectofthisschemefordefendanttofraudulentlyobtainmorethan$53,000,000fromtheCityofDixon.4.
It
wasapartoftheschemethatonDecember18,1990,defendantRITAA.CRUNDWELLopenedabankaccountinthenameoftheCityofDixon,P.O.Box386,RSCDA,Dixon,Illinois61021-0386atFirstBankSouth("RSCDAaccount"),andmaintainedtheRSCDAaccountatFirstBankSouthanditssuccessorbanks,GrandNationalBank,OldKentBankandFifthThirdBank.5.
It
wasfurtherapartoftheschemethatdefendantusedherpositionascomptrollerattheCityofDixontocausefundstobewiredfromtheCityofDixon'sMoneyMarketaccounttotheCityofDixon'sCapitalDevelopmentFundaccount,aswellastovariousotherCityofDixonaccountsatFifthThirdBank.
3
Case:3:12-cr-50027Document#:14Filed:
05/01/12
Page3of9PagelD#:32
6.
It
wasfurtherapartoftheschemethatdefendantwouldalsowriteandsignchecksonvariousotherCityofDixonaccountsandcausethosecheckstobedepositedintotheCapitalDevelopmentFundaccount.7.
It
wasfurtherapartoftheschemethatdefendantopenedtheRSCDAaccountinDecember1990inordertotransferfundsbelongingtotheCityofDixonintotheRSCDAaccountandusethosefundstopayforherownpersonalandprivatebusinessexpenses.8.
It
wasfurtherapartoftheschemethataftertransferringfundsfromtheMoneyMarketaccountandvariousotherCityofDixonaccountsintotheCapitalDevelopmentFundaccount,defendantwrotechecksontheCapitalDevelopmentFundaccountmadepayableto"Treasurer,"signedthosechecksas"Treasurer,"andcausedthosecheckstobedepositedintotheRSCDAaccount.9.
It
wasfurtherapartoftheschemethatdefendantusedtheCityofDixonfundstransferredintotheRSCDAaccounttopaypersonalandprivatebusinessexpensesincludingexpensesrelatingtodefendant'shorsefarmingoperations,personalcreditcardpayments,andthepurchasesofrealestateandvehicles.10.ItwasfurtherapartoftheschemethatdefendantcreatedfictitiousinvoicespurportedtobefromtheStateofIllinoistoshowtheauditorsfortheCityofDixonthatthefundsthatdefendantwasfraudulentlydepositingintotheRSCDAaccountwerebeingusedforalegitimatepurpose.
Recommended
More From This User
Notes
Load more
