Maria Ramos de Ruiz, 59, was indicted on 24 criminal charges on Wednesday
The charges are linked to her former ownership of the VIP Beauty Salon and Spa in Albuquerque
They include practicing medicine without a license, racketeering and fraud
In August 2018 a client of Ramos de Ruiz salon reported contracting HIV following a vampire facial
The vampire facial is meant to rejuvenate skin and prevent signs of aging by withdrawing blood and reinserting it into clients face through micro needling
At the spa inspectors found fake certificates for Botox and vampire facial training hanging on the wall and a fake diploma from the University of Phoenix
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AG Hector Balderas Secures Prison Sentence Of Woman Who Defrauded Medicaid Program Of More Than $445,000
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SANTA FE Attorney General Hector Balderas announced Monday that the Office of the Attorney General has secured a prison sentence for Lolita Begay-Yazzie as a result of her guilty plea to one count of fraud in excess of $20,000, a second degree felony, and one count of Medicaid Fraud for Failure to Retain Documents, a fourth degree felony.
Begay-Yazzie defrauded New Mexico’s Medicaid program of more than $445,000.
The court sentenced Begay-Yazzie to five-and-one-half years in the Department of Corrections, suspending three years, meaning Begay-Yazzie will serve a period of two-and-one-half years in prison.
A year of tumult over race and policing is coming to a head in New Mexico’s busy legislative session.
With just weeks to go before it ends on March 20, lawmakers have introduced dozens of bills aimed at reforming law enforcement and several have progressed through committees. As a share of total introduced legislation, bills related to policing doubled this year over previous sessions, according to data from Legislative Council Service.
According to Rep. Antonio Maestas, D-Albuquerque, the quantity of proposals this year reflects the urgency of the moment. “The national outcry regarding police accountability forced our hand.”
Law enforcement sees it differently. Shaun Willoughby, President of the Albuquerque Police Officers’ Association, said the proposals display a fundamental ignorance about policing and shouldn’t be passed over the objections of law enforcement. “Reform is something you do with your officers, not to your officers.”