Former NMFA Controller: "No Malicious Intent"

KOB - The KOB 4 On Your Side team found and interviewed the man at the center of a statewide investigation into a forged state audit.

Greg Campbell

State investigators and other media outlets have been looking for former New Mexico Finance Authority Comptroller Greg Campbell to question him about the audit. State officials have said he’s responsible for creating a fake audit full of fraud and lies. The effects of the fake audit may be devastating for New Mexico’s future. The state’s overall credit rating could be lowered and there is growing distrust from Wall Street
Campbell left the NMFA in June after submitting the 2011 audit, but hasn’t been heard from since the scandal broke last week; that is until KOB 4 On Your Side Investigative Producer Peter St. Cyr tracked him down at his Albuquerque home. St. Cyr questioned Campbell about state officials's finger pointing.

“It probably is fair because it was under my supervision to get the audit done and completed," replied Campbell.
Campbell said he did put the audit together without full care, but said he had no criminal intent. And he said it was "probably" negligent on his part to assemble the audit in that manner.
He said, instead, he should have had the auditor and management sign off on not only the numbers, but also on the format and everything else in the report. Campbell said officials mistook his “draft” report for the “final” report. Read full story and watch video here: News New Mexico

Former NMFA Controller: "No Malicious Intent"