New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a Democrat, is under criminal investigation by the Attorney General’s Office on allegations of racketeering, money laundering, receiving illegal kickbacks, and other violations, officials said this week. Investigators from the Attorney General’s Office searched Stapleton’s Albuquerque office on Tuesday and her home on Wednesday, according to arrest warrants. They were looking into irregularities in her work as an administrator at Albuquerque Public Schools since the spring The investigators are trying to determine whether Stapleton’s connections to Robotics Management Learning Systems, a Washington-based company that has done business with the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS). They found that every invoice issued by Robotics Management to the school system was for an even dollar amount, with no cents, and most payments were reportedly for $40,000. Stapleton is involved with several other companies that received payments from Robotics Management, investigators said. “APS paid Robotics $5,360,030.00 from March 2006 to June 2021,” according …
New Mexico House Majority Leader Under Criminal Investigation, Racketeering, Money Laundering
July 29, 2021
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