Probe of ex-Cabinet member 'highly active,' AG's Office says
SANTA FE – It’s been exactly one year since former New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla resigned after state investigators raided the agency she headed in search of tax documents connected to Padilla and her husband.
But no charges have been filed by Attorney General Hector Balderas’ office, which has been tight-lipped about the case.
“This remains a highly active, ongoing investigation, and we cannot provide any other details at this time,” Matt Baca, senior counsel at the Attorney General’s Office, told the Journal on Thursday.
Padilla, who was one of Gov. Susana Martinez’s first Cabinet appointees after Martinez was elected in 2010, initially denied allegations that she pressured department employees to give preferential treatment to a former client of hers, telling the Journal in July 2015 that the allegations were just a “bump in the road.”
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