Former UNM athletics director Krebs facing 5 felony counts over golfing trip
It was an extravagant golfing trip to Scotland – an excursion paid for, in part, with University of New Mexico funds. But that getaway that then-UNM athletics director Paul Krebs embarked on four years ago with several family members, several prospective donors and former Lobo men’s basketball coach Craig Neal has haunted Krebs ever since, culminating Wednesday with the filing of five felony counts against him.
Attorney General Hector Balderas’ office filed a criminal complaint Wednesday morning charging Krebs with fraud, money laundering, evidence tampering, criminal solicitation and making or permitting false public voucher, all felonies. The charges were filed in state District Court in Albuquerque.
The AG’s Office alleges that Krebs went out of his way to skirt university safeguards put in place to vet such trips and that he subsequently tried to quiet the scandal through deception. The court document accuses Krebs of “using his powers and resources of public office to obtain personal benefits or to pursue private interests.”
The complaint says he urged others to destroy public records and that he also tried to conceal a $25,000 donation he made in an apparent attempt to quiet criticism over the trip.
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