Albuquerque, NEW MEXICO

SENTENCED
April 9, 2009 - Ken Schultz, (D) Albuquerque mayor from December 1985 to November 1989, was sentenced to five years probation and paying a share of $591,000 in restitution for a court house construction scandal. He pleaded guilty to being the bagman in a kickback scheme in which money was skimmed from the construction of Albuquerque’s Metropolitan Courthouse.
- Statement of U.S. Attorney on the sentencing. PDF
- No newspaper identified him as a Democrat. Wikipedia entry supplied info.

ALSO SENTENCED
Manny Aragón, (D) former state senator and president pro tempore of the Senate, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison and nearly $2 million in fines and restitution.
Statement of U.S. Attorney on the sentencing. PDF
Only the Seattle Times and ABC News identified him as a Democrat.

Former Metro Court Administrator Toby Martinez who approved bogus and padded invoices - 67 months in prison and $2.7 million in restitution.

Sandra Mata Martinez, Toby Martinez's wife, who pleaded guilty to knowing about the scheme and not reporting it. Some of the diverted money was laundered through a front company set up in her name earning her a sentence of five years probation and $106,000 in restitution.

Raul Parra, a business owner whose hose contract to install audio video systems in the courthouse became the source of much of the skimmed loot, sentenced to 46 months in prison and $611,000 in fines and restitution.

Architect Marc Schiff was given one year and one day in prison for his role in skimming more than $4 million from construction of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courthouse.

Engineer Raul Parra pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy and mail fraud. He was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and $601,000 in restitution. He