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Santa Fe's 'mini-Madoff' to serve four years in federal prison on fraud charges

By Matthew Narvaiz
  • Douglas Lien, 82, was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for securities and wire fraud tied to a Ponzi scheme.
  • The unregistered Santa Fe investment adviser was dubbed a “mini-Madoff” by his victims.
  • Lien also will have to pay nearly $5 million to 23 living victims who requested restitution.
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Forest Service seeks safer, smarter way to burn after Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fire

By Maya Hilty
  • Two escaped prescribed burns resulted in the 341,000-acre Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire in New Mexico in 2022.
  • Forest Service leaders, locally and across the country, are now operating under new requirements for prescribed burns.
  • Requiring rangers to use thermal imaging to back determinations of whether prescribed fires are out is one change.
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