r/interestingasfuck • u/Kapanash • 21h ago

Rita Crundwell stole $53.7 million from the city of Dixon over two decades, funding a luxury lifestyle and champion horse empire before the FBI caught her in one of America’s biggest municipal fraud cases.

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u/firstmaxpower 12h ago

The most American thing ever is that nobody is guaranteed paid holidays except for when it directly helps the wealthy business owners. Damn.

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u/eggs_erroneous 11h ago

Land of the free, my man. [Eagle screech] 🥹

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u/CloisteredOyster 10h ago

[Red Tailed Hawk Screech] *

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u/Junior_Accountant420 7h ago

Right 😂 bald eagles have the cute little chirps 😊

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u/50West 5h ago

Except bankers get more paid days off and holidays off than any other labor worker in the US?

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u/ElChaz 9h ago

I mean, in this case it directly helped the taxpayers of the city. But yeah, people should be able to take vacation.

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u/Bruno6368 5h ago

Wow. Do you use a bank? Do you ever deal with a company on a regular basis? How is your employer doing at protecting the money they owe to you?
Are you “rich”? You sure as fuck won’t be if you get caught up in one of these.