New Mexico House majority leader under investigation for racketeering, money laundering
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Law enforcement executes search warrants at the home New Mexico state Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton (right).
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Authorities are investigating longtime New Mexico legislator Sheryl Williams Stapleton’s possibly illegal connections to a company that received more than $5 million in contracts to do business with the school district where she works and whether she got financial kickbacks.
Authorities executed search warrants at the Albuquerque Public Schools offices and Stapleton’s home this week as part of a criminal investigation into alleged racketeering, money laundering, illegal kickbacks and possible violations of a law governing the conduct of state lawmakers.