Tax preparer charged with fraud and racketeering
Sylvia Franco of Roswell faces 50 counts tax fraud 28 fraud counts and 1 racketeering count for allegedly inflating deductions to boost refunds for 28 clients from 2011 to 2014. She is held on bond with a March 18 preliminary exam set before Judge K C Rogers.
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Sylvia Franco
Sylvia Tax Service
New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department
Franco
State of New Mexico
State Revenue Department
Chaves County Detention Center
Chaves County
K.C. Rogers
SGMS Eighth Graders Win C-SPAN StudentCam Prize
Three Sidney Gutierrez Middle School eighth graders won a national C-SPAN StudentCam documentary contest for a six minute film. The school hosted a C-SPAN bus visit with marketing rep Sara Zou and immigration attorneys Christina Chavez, Maryann Romero, and Joel Hagaman featured in the film.
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C-Span
Sara Zou
Sidney Gutierrez
SGMS
Christina Chaves
Maryann Romero
Joel Hagaman
Albuquerque
New Mexico Senate Tucks Away Right-to-Work Bill
A Republican drive for right-to-work and a 50 cent minimum wage hike to 8.00 an hour was blocked by Democrats in the Senate Public Affairs Committee on a 5-3 party-line vote. Legislative action on House Bill 75 was tabled, with all Albuquerque Democrats voting to kill the measure and three Republican members opposing the move. The measure had aimed to bar union fees as a condition of employment while boosting the wage floor.
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Democrats
Senate Public Affairs Committee
Gerald Ortiz Y Pino
Bill O'Neill
Jacob Candelaria
Daniel Ivey Soto
Mimi Stewart
Albuquerque
Republican Committee
Gay Kernan
Hobbs
Ron Griggs
Alamogordo
Craig Brandt
Rio Rancho
House Judiciary Committee
New Mexico House Limits County Control Over Oil and Gas
The GOP House passed a bill 37 to 28 to curb county authority over oil and gas development and grant exclusive state oversight to the Oil Conservation Division and Commission. Sponsor Rep. Nate Gentry said counties retain some zoning powers, while critics call it overreach. The measure advances to the Senate amid party split on local control.
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New Mexico House
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House
State Oil Conservation Division
Oil Conservation Commission
Nate Gentry
Albuquerque
Senate Conservation Commit
IRS warns 8 500 may hold 7.7 million in 2011 refunds
The IRS says up to one million taxpayers who did not file a 2011 return may have refunds totaling about 1 billion dollars. Filers must submit 2011 returns by April 15 to claim refunds before the three year window closes.
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IRS
Internal Revenue Service
John Koskinen
New Mexico
U.S. Treasury
Police seek armed robber in Roswell Verizon store heist
Roswell police seek a white male in his 20s about 6 feet tall who robbed the Verizon store on West Second Street at noon. He wore a white shirt and blue jeans, showed a firearm, fled with an undetermined amount of cash, and remains at large near Roswell PD headquarters. tip line numbers provided.
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Verizon
West Second Street
Roswell
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