新墨西哥州前民主党议员谢丽尔·威廉斯·斯坦普尔顿周五改变认罪立场，承认挪用本应用于职业教育的公共学校资金到她感兴趣的企业和慈善机构1。这一认罪协议出现在联邦陪审团仅三周前以数十项类似指控对她作出有罪判决之后1。根据协议条款，除四项指控外的其余指控将被撤销，斯坦普尔顿面临10.5年的监禁和超过180万美元的赔偿1。
该学区曾支付超过300万美元给机器人管理学习系统有限责任公司1。斯坦普尔顿曾担任州众议院多数党领导人和阿尔布开克公立学校管理人员，自1994年首次当选后于2021年夏季被搜查两天后辞职1。联邦指控涉及欺诈、洗钱等罪名，她和共同被告约瑟夫·约翰逊未如实报告来自相关公司的数千美元付款1。
Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a former Democratic lawmaker in New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Friday to redirecting public school funds designated for vocational education toward private businesses and charitable organizations in which she had interests 1. The plea change came just three weeks after a federal jury convicted her on dozens of similar charges 1.
Under the guilty plea agreement, all charges except four have been dismissed 1. Stapleton now faces a prison sentence of 10.5 years and must pay restitution exceeding $1.8 million 1. Her misconduct involved the Albuquerque Public School District, which paid more than $3 million to Robotics Managed Learning Systems LLC 1.
Stapleton previously served as the majority leader of the New Mexico House of Representatives and worked as an administrator for Albuquerque Public Schools 1. She was first elected in 1994 and resigned in 2021, two days after being searched by federal agents 1. Federal charges against her included fraud and money laundering 1. She and co-defendant Joseph Johnson failed to properly disclose payments of thousands of dollars received from the robotics company 1.
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