LOS LUNAS â All five members of a local elected board have been indefinitely suspended from office by a state agency due to a litany of findings in its most recent audit.
The New Mexico Public Education Department announced Wednesday, May 26, all five members of the Los Lunas Schools Board of Education have been suspended.
âThe entire Los Lunas school board has been suspended due to credible evidence that certain members have persistently violated procurement and public access laws, the state Public School Code, and professional ethical standards,â according to a press release sent out by PED today.
In the press release, PED listed 16 categorized concerns and potential violations by the board, including:
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LAS CRUCES – A licensed professional clinical counselor based in Las Cruces was indicted Friday on multiple counts of Medicaid fraud, identity theft and other charges.
The grand jury indictment, filed in New Mexico s Third District Court, accuses Cathy Chidester of Drop In Counseling of submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims, including one count of Medicaid fraud over $20,000; three counts of fraud over $20,000 and another over $500; obstruction of investigation; and six counts of identity theft.
The New Mexico Attorney General s Office announced the indictment Monday, saying Chidester faces 15 felony charges for allegedly billing the program illegally between September 2017 between October 2019.
A spokesman for the Attorney General s Office said the alleged fraud amounts to more than $170,000.