Padilla seeks dismissal of charges over coffeepot recording
New Mexico's former tax chief contends her due process rights were violated when investigators with the state attorney general's office used a coffeepot outfitted with a recording device to secretly record a conversation with her attorney.
The allegation is outlined in a recent court filing that seeks the dismissal of public corruption charges against Demesia Padilla, who resigned in 2016 after investigators raided tax department offices.
Padilla pleaded not guilty to several charges last year that she embezzled money from a former client of her accounting firm and had advocated as tax secretary for abatement of a penalty against that same client.
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