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The total loss for the theater from 2017 to 2019 was $353,082, investigators said. Since 2017, the convention and visitors bureau, Visit Las Cruces, has been responsible for managing the theater. Because the bureau derived nearly all of its budget from lodger’s taxes, the financial investigation identified another problem: Funds used for general events, such as the Las Cruces Country Music Festival, events at the downtown Plaza de Las Cruces and the theater, may have violated the law. “In authorizing the occupancy tax for revenue on lodging with municipalities, the (state) Legislature dec...

How the city is responding to State Auditor's investigation into Visit Las Cruces Algernon D'Ammassa, Las Cruces Sun-News © Nathan J Fish/Sun-News Las Cruces City Hall is pictured on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. LAS CRUCES - On Tuesday, New Mexico State Auditor Brian Colón released a long-awaited report by an external investigator into waste, fraud and abuse within the Las Cruces city government over a period of several years. The findings included potential criminal violations of state and federal law by former city employees and vendors. Before considering the report's impl...

City audit alleges fraud in Las Cruces government involving $1.8 million in public funds KVIA ( Editor's note: An initial version of this article referred to a state audit. Rather, this is a city audit that had been forwarded to the state auditor.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- A 767-page city audit released on Tuesday alleges criminal activity and $1.8 million in mismanaged funds by former employees and contractors of the city of Las Cruces - one of whom is a well-known restaurant owner. The audit states that there is "probable cause to believe criminal violations have occurred" in actions repor...

Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal More than $1.8 million in public funds from the city of Las Cruces Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Friends of Visit Las Cruces and a number of city-sponsored events were mishandled or misused from 2016 though 2019. That’s according to an independent auditor’s report that looked at questionable business relationships involving Phil San Filippo, former director of the Las Cruces Convention and Visitors Bureau, who later became the city’s economic development director; Marci Dickerson, who ran a catering company that serviced the Convention and Vis...

Investigation into City of Las Cruces finds $1.7M in public money mishandled Algernon D'Ammassa, Las Cruces Sun-News © Blake Gumprecht/Sun-News The city's Convention and Visitor's Bureau, branded as Visit Las Cruces, has its headquarters at the southern gateway to downtown Las Cruces on the corner of S. Main and E. Amador Avenue. LAS CRUCES – A forensic investigation into the handling of public funds at the city states, "there is probable cause to believe that criminal violations have occurred," involving the city's former economic development director, a former city mana...