Hall-of-Infamy corruption? The feds say a Dixon official embezzled $30 million

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Just another routine Tuesday on the Illinois corruption beat.

In Springfield, a state representative accused of accepting a $7,000 bribe returns to the Illinois House, sitting quietly among his fellow Democrats and shaking hands.

In Chicago, a former head of the police sergeants union pleads guilty to stealing more than $1 million in union dues to fund steakhouse dinners, gambling jaunts to Las Vegas and a second home.

But the real shocker of the day came from lovely Dixon, Ill., pop. 15,733. Yes, Dixon, boyhood home of Ronald Reagan, host to the annual Petunia Festival, and fabled among Lincoln buffs as the place where young Abe joined the Illinois militia to fight in the Black Hawk War of 1832. Tuesday's news was startling: A federal criminal complaint alleges that, since 2006, Dixon's chief financial officer "deposited $30,236,503.51 in funds belonging to the City of Dixon" into a secret bank account.

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