Cabinet secretary embezzlement conviction overturned on error

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Former New Mexico Tax and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla has had her conviction overturned on a mistake by the attorney general's office. Padilla was convicted of embezzling $25,000 while doing accounting work for a Bernalillo grading and trucking firm from 2011 to 2013. At the time, Padilla was also the Tax and Revenue secretary under Governor Susana Martinez.The investigation of Padilla's actions began in 2015. The attorney general's office under Hector Balder