Taos Schools audit accuses former facilities director, family of $244K kickback scheme

TAOS — Taos Municipal Schools District released a forensic audit report on Friday accusing a former department director of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in district contracts and subcontracts into a company he owned while employed with the school system.

The 417-page report places former facilities and maintenance director Robert Valencia and his wife, Christine Valencia, who worked as an assistant finance director and chief procurement officer for Taos Schools, at the center of the alleged kickback scheme.

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