AG Balderas Announces Indictments on Taos County Sheriff’s Deputy for Medicaid Fraud, Falsification of Documents & Perjury

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2017 

Contact: James Hallinan (505) 660-2216

Taos, NM – This morning, Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that a Taos County grand jury returned indictments on Ricky Romero for one count of Medicaid Fraud, ten counts of Falsification of Documents and ten counts of Perjury. The Office of the Attorney General is focused on preparing the case for trial.

“The Office of the Attorney General will continue to aggressively combat corruption and fraud resulting in the depletion of critical Medicaid funds in New Mexico,” said Attorney General Balderas.

A copy of the grand jury indictment available upon request