Post by pavel on Mar 1, 2016 4:52:14 GMT -6
SANTA FE – Attorney General Hector Balderas on Monday filed a criminal complaint against former state Sen. Phil Griego alleging that he used his position as a legislator to make money in a real estate deal, never disclosed it and defrauded a couple of business associates.
Griego was charged in a complaint filed in state District Court in Santa Fe with nine crimes, including bribery, fraud, perjury, tampering with public records, and violating ethical principles of public service and financial disclosure requirements.
Griego, a Democrat from San Miguel County, resigned abruptly during the legislative session in March 2015 rather than face possible disciplinary action over the 2014 real estate deal involving the sale of a historic state-owned building to a private buyer.
The sale had to be approved by the Legislature. Griego didn’t disclose any interest in the property sale when lawmakers were voting on it, but later received a $50,000 broker’s fee for monitoring the sale proceedings.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/732336/news/ag-files-criminal-charges-against-former-state-sen-phil-griego.html
Griego was charged in a complaint filed in state District Court in Santa Fe with nine crimes, including bribery, fraud, perjury, tampering with public records, and violating ethical principles of public service and financial disclosure requirements.
Griego, a Democrat from San Miguel County, resigned abruptly during the legislative session in March 2015 rather than face possible disciplinary action over the 2014 real estate deal involving the sale of a historic state-owned building to a private buyer.
The sale had to be approved by the Legislature. Griego didn’t disclose any interest in the property sale when lawmakers were voting on it, but later received a $50,000 broker’s fee for monitoring the sale proceedings.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/732336/news/ag-files-criminal-charges-against-former-state-sen-phil-griego.html