/tags/fraud fraud en-US Copyright Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:18:34 GMT /local-news/2024-06-28/fires-fraud-attorney-general Attorney General Raúl Torrez warned this week that any attempts at price gouging and defrauding victims of recent wildfires would face swift legal action. Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:18:34 GMT /local-news/2024-06-28/fires-fraud-attorney-general Megan Kamerick /local-news/2023-12-04/pnm-warns-customers-about-holiday-scammers There have already been more than 350 scam calls reported this year, with businesses and residential customers both being targeted. Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:04:48 GMT /local-news/2023-12-04/pnm-warns-customers-about-holiday-scammers Alice Fordham /local-news/2023-05-25/native-americans-in-new-mexico-fall-victim-to-fraudulent-sober-living-homes The Albuquerque Journal's Elise Kaplan recently reported that Native Americans living on the streets in Albuquerque are being approached by people promising help getting sober, only to be abandoned. Fri, 26 May 2023 03:20:52 GMT /local-news/2023-05-25/native-americans-in-new-mexico-fall-victim-to-fraudulent-sober-living-homes Alice Fordham /local-news/2022-06-01/wildfire-victims-experiencing-disaster-assistance-fraud Victims of New Mexico's largest fire are now reporting claims of identity theft on disaster assistance applications. Now, officials are vowing to find and prosecute people who take advantage of the loss of livelihoods and property. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:53:14 GMT /local-news/2022-06-01/wildfire-victims-experiencing-disaster-assistance-fraud Bryce Dix /public-health-new-mexico/2016-07-07/hsd-officials-testify-about-doctored-food-stamps-applications For the first time since allegations surfaced that state employees falsify food stamps applications, New Mexicans heard testimony from public officials… Fri, 08 Jul 2016 00:27:30 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-07-07/hsd-officials-testify-about-doctored-food-stamps-applications Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2016-07-05/timeline-the-fraught-history-of-food-stamps-in-new-mexico New Mexico's latest troubles with administering food stamps are just the most recent in a long string of problems. In 1988, Debra Hatten-Gonzales and… Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:07:21 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-07-05/timeline-the-fraught-history-of-food-stamps-in-new-mexico /public-health-new-mexico/2013-09-13/timeline-new-mexicos-shake-up-of-behavioral-health-providers At the end of June, 15 New Mexico behavioral health agencies had their Medicaid funding frozen by the state's Human Services Department due to “credible… Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:34:59 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2013-09-13/timeline-new-mexicos-shake-up-of-behavioral-health-providers /public-health-new-mexico/2013-09-03/service-disruptions-mark-transition-of-new-mexico-behavioral-health-to-arizona-hands On June 24, New Mexico's Human Services Department announced that an audit found "credible allegations of fraud" for 15 behavioral health agencies that… Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:35:48 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2013-09-03/service-disruptions-mark-transition-of-new-mexico-behavioral-health-to-arizona-hands