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Estimated $200,000 in funds missing
SANTA FE – State Auditor Tim Keller confirmed the theft of an estimated $200,000 in funds at Northern New Mexico College March 1. Auditors began looking into the matter after financial discrepancies were found. A high-level employee in the business office resigned in connection to the missing money. Along with stolen cash, checks were not deposited that deprived the college of additional funds.
“These were hundreds of thousands of dollars that should have been serving students and faculty, not the personal benefit of an employee,” Keller said, in a news release. “We are working quickly to help bring accountability to the matter, and we...