Post by pavel on Jan 18, 2016 12:08:25 GMT -6
SANTA FE, N.M. — Former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran completed a 30-day sentence on Sunday for using political campaign funds to fuel a gambling spree, walking out of a county jail on the outskirts of Santa Fe to begin five years of probation that includes conversations with school children and civic groups.
Duran’s transgressions have led to calls for a major overhaul of New Mexico’s campaign finance and ethics laws during the legislative session that starts Tuesday.
Duran, the first Republican elected secretary of state since 1928, resigned and pleaded guilty in October to felony counts of embezzlement and money laundering. Her punishment and rehabilitation from an acknowledged gambling addiction are far from over.
State probation officials said Duran would leave jail wearing a GPS location monitoring device to help ensure she stays away from New Mexico casinos and race tracks.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/707825/news/disgraced-former-new-mexico-secretary-of-state-released.html
Duran’s transgressions have led to calls for a major overhaul of New Mexico’s campaign finance and ethics laws during the legislative session that starts Tuesday.
Duran, the first Republican elected secretary of state since 1928, resigned and pleaded guilty in October to felony counts of embezzlement and money laundering. Her punishment and rehabilitation from an acknowledged gambling addiction are far from over.
State probation officials said Duran would leave jail wearing a GPS location monitoring device to help ensure she stays away from New Mexico casinos and race tracks.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/707825/news/disgraced-former-new-mexico-secretary-of-state-released.html