Scrutiny is mounting after the board fired the president last month.
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New Mexico Highlands University is now under criminal investigation “regarding allegations of fraud and forgery,” a state district attorney’s office announced Wednesday in a news release.
“When allegations involve potential fraud, forged documents, and the integrity of a public university, the public deserves clear answers backed by evidence,” Fourth Judicial District Attorney Thomas A. Clayton said in the release. Clayton said his office is coordinating with the state Department of Justice and attorney general, though the department didn’t respond to Inside Higher Ed’s requests for confirmation of its involvement.
The release said the investigation “will be conducted concurrently” with the state auditor’s previously announced special audit.
