Rita Crundwell will be at least 77 years old when she walks out of prison.
Dixon's disgraced former comptroller was led away in handcuffs Thursday, Feb. 14, just minutes after a federal judge sentenced her to 19 years, 7 months, for wire fraud.
The 60-year-old must serve 85 percent, or 16 years, of the sentence. When she is freed, she will be subject to 3 years of federal supervision.
U.S. District Judge Philip Reinhard also served Crundwell with a bill for $53,740,394, the amount she took over 22 years from the city's coffers to fund her nationally renowned quarter horse business and lavish lifestyle.
A little over $10 million of that has been raised so far from the sale of her assets; officials have said there is little hope the bulk of the money ever will be paid back.
Still, once she is released, Crundwell must turn over 10 percent of any income she earns for restitution, Reinhard ordered.
Crundwell pleaded guilty in November and faced a maximum 20 years.
She started working for the city in 1970, when she was still in high school, and moved into the position of the city's top financial office in 1983.
Crundwell's scheme began in December 1990, when she opened up the Reserve Sewer Capital Development Account in the city's name, and hers, at First Bank South, now Fifth Third Bank.
Over the years, she transferred millions of dollars from the Capital Development Fund into the RSCDA and used the money to buy expensive homes, luxury vehicles, jewelry, and a herd of prize-winning quarter horses that eventually numbered about 400 head.
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