FORMER DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE SECRETARY DEMESIA PADILLA WAS ARRAIGNED LAST FRIDAY ON CHARGES FILED AGAINST HER BY THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. SHE IS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING APPROXIMATELY 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM ONE OF HER FORMER CLIENTS.
PADILLA WAS IN COURT FOR FRIDAY’S HEARING BUT DID NOT ENTER A PLEA. SHE WAS RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29TH.
PADILLA WAS APPOINTED TO RUN TAX AND REVENUE BY GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ SOON AFTER MARTINEZ WAS ELECTED IN 2010. PADILLA RESIGNED FROM THE POSITION AT THE END OF 2016.
