Staff at Bernalillo County's accounts payable department became the dupes in a fraudulent "confidence trick" in late 2019 by paying out $447,372 to what they thought was an approved county vendor.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jason Smeltzer, 40, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court on March 25 for a preliminary and detention hearing where he was charged