AN ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESS IS THE TARGET OF AN I-R-S INVESTIGATION. BRIAN WATSON WITH THE IRS IN TUCSON TELLS US AGENTS SERVED A WARRANT THURSDAY MORNING AT "BIGBYTE DATA CENTER" AT 123 CENTRAL NORTHWEST. HE COULDN'T RELEASE ANY DETAILS OF THE CASE.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SAYS THE COMPANY'S PRINCIPAL OWNER, NERISSA WHITTINGTON, IS THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF TWO BROTHERS WHO ARE THE SUBJECT OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION ALLEGING THEY WERE LAUNDERING PROCEEDS GAINED BY LEASING AIRPLANES TO DRUG CARTELS. "BIGBYTE DATA CENTER" HOUSES RECORDS FOR SEVERAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND OPENED IN 1999.
