A single accountant stole $53 million from her employer over 20 years and nobody noticed

A single accountant stole $53 million from her employer over 20 years and nobody noticed  Rita Crundwell was the comptroller of Dixon, Illinois with a population of 15,000  She opened a secret bank account called “Reserve Sewer Capital Development Account”  For two decades she transferred city funds into it while filing fake invoices  She used the money to become the most successful quarter horse breeder in America  Owned 400 horses, multiple farms, a custom bus, and a $2.1 million motorhome  She won the World Championship in quarter horse breeding four times while actively robbing a small town  Only got caught because a substitute accountant covered her desk while she was on vacation  The city had been cutting firefighter jobs and road repairs for years while this was happening  $53 million. One woman. 20 years. One vacation.