Any credit union executive officer, director, committee member, employee or agent who willfully does any of the following is guilty of a fourth degree felony:

Attorney's Note

Under the New Mexico Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
fourth degree felonyup to 18 monthsup to $5,000
For details, see N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-18-15

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 58-11-62

  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC

A. with intent to deceive, falsifies any books of account, report, statement, record or other document of a credit union whether by alteration, false entry, omission or otherwise;

B. signs, issues, publishes or transmits to a government agency any book of account, report, statement, record or other document which he knows to be false;

C. by means of deceit, obtains a signature to a writing which is a subject of forgery; D. with intent to deceive, destroys any credit union book of account, statement, record or other document; or

E. divulges any information not lawfully required or specifically permitted concerning the affairs of the credit union or any member thereof which he has obtained solely by virtue of his position with the credit union and which information causes harm to the credit union or member.