New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton resigned Friday amid a criminal investigation involving alleged racketeering and money laundering. Stapleton oversees career technical education for Albuquerque Public Schools, the largest school district in the state and the top employer in Albuquerque. Investigators and school district officials questioned the existence of the company because it had no physical presence and only a Washington, D.C., address and New Mexico post office box. Stapleton intervened when the company’s contract with the school district appeared to be in jeopardy, providing documentation and acting as a go-between, according to a search warrant affidavit. The district stuck with the company but for less than it had been paying in prior years.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2021 09:45 UTC