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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A person who knowingly and willfully engages in telemarketing to or from a telephone located in New Mexico with the intent to embezzle or to obtain money, property or any thing of value by fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises in the course of a telephone communication, when the:
A. money, property or thing has a value of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or less, is guilty of a petty misdemeanor;
B. money, property or thing has a value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500), is guilty of a misdemeanor;
C. money, property or thing has a value of more than five hundred dollars ($500) but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), is guilty of a fourth degree felony;
D. money, property or thing has a value of more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), is guilty of a third degree felony; or
E. money, property or thing has a value of more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), is guilty of a second degree felony.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 30. Criminal Offenses § 30-50-4. Fraudulent telemarketing; penalties - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-30-criminal-offenses/nm-st-sect-30-50-4/
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