By city of las cruces
• Dec 29, 2020
The Office of the New Mexico State Auditor (OSA) has released a report involving a fraud examination and investigation initiated by the City of Las Cruces. The report identified serious conflicts of interest and revealed over $1.8 million in mishandled or misused City funds related to the Las Cruces Convention and Visitors Bureau, income and spending by the Friends of Visit Las Cruces, various city-sponsored events including the Las Cruces Country Music Festival, and several vendors holding contracts or doing business with the City from 2016 through 2019. The City of Las Cruces is dedicated to transparency and accountability. We are happy that this report is being made public, so that citizens will know we take these items very seriously. The findings in this report have already resulted in many changes to make the City a better organization. I am also proud that the latest external audit did not show any repeat findin