ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico’s top prosecutor says his office has discovered “credible evidence” that a nonprofit firm allegedly embezzled money after being put in charge of funds as part of a guardianship case.
Attorney General Hector Balderas outlined the accusations in a letter sent to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The letter was obtained by the Albuquerque Journal .
No arrests have been made, but investigators executed a search warrant Thursday at Guardian Angels Representative-Payee Services of Albuquerque. The business did not return a phone message left Friday.
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According to Balderas, his agents uncovered that the nonprofit and its owner/operator embezzled about $50,000 from New Mexicans whose cases were transferred to the firm by the U.S. Marshals Service in the wake of the Ayudando Guardians criminal case.
Ayudando Guardians officials are awaiting trial on charges of siphoning $4 million in client funds.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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