On February 14, 2013, Rita Crundwell, former comptroller for the city of Dixon, IL was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison for stealing more than $53 million from Dixon. Crundwell's crime went on record as the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history. Just as shocking as the amount stolen from this small Illinois town, was the fact that Crundwell engaged in her scheme to pillage Dixon for 20 years before being discovered. All the Queen's Horses (ATQH) chronicles the fraud, the fallout and its implications for Dixon and the accounting industry.
