• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    I’m American and I want an example of someone getting away with a crime because it was so obvious that someone should have noticed.

    • Not necessarily getting away with the crime, but I was referring to Rita Crundwell, a town clerk who embezzled over $53 million dollars over the course of 30 years. The town had a total population of 15k. She literally just wrote fake invoices for shit and deposited it into another account. Then proceeded to spend it a prize horse and mansion with absolutely no explanation of where the money came from. She still was held responsible, but got off fairly light because she was so brazen that someone else should have caught it earlier.

      Coincidentally, Ronald Reagan’s childhood hometown. Started during '83 as well.