A FORMER STATE SENATOR HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN A PUBLIC CORRUPTION CASE. A JURY IN SANTA FE THUSDAY CONVICTED PHIL GRIEGO ON BRIBERY AND FRAUD CHARGES. PROSECUTORS SAID GRIEGO USED HIS POSITION IN THE LEGISLATURE TO SPEED UP THE SALE OF A STATE-OWNED BUILDING, THEN CONCEALED THE FACT THAT HE MADE A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR COMMISSION AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT ON THE DEAL.
THE 69 YEAR OLD GRIEGO WAS FOUND GUILTY ON FIVE OF THE EIGHT COUNTS HE FACED. HE’LL BE SENTENCED LATER.
