Sentencing continues for the defendants involved in conspiring to steal a large sum of federal voter education dollars from New Mexico.
A New Mexico man recently convicted of conspiring to steal money intended for voter education efforts was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.…Prosecutors said the two consultants conspired to get more money than they were due out of New Mexico’s $19 million share of Help America Vote Act funds. The indictment charged $2.5 million in fraud.
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The former Secretary of State is claiming she did nothing wrong even though prosecutors say she was involved in the conspiracy.
Prosecutors say $2.5 million was bilked. While Vigil was not indicted, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara Neda said in federal court that the former secretary of state was involved in the scheme. Neda said Vigil hired Gutierrez and his media company to produce commercials, and that Gutierrez used the HAVA money to pay cash to buy a home in Corpus Christi, Texas.