Colorado man pleads guilty to money laundering in Arizona and New Mexico

James Matison pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in a New Mexico federal court last week.

The 46-year-old from Pueblo, Colorado, remains on conditions of release pending sentencing, according to the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico.

Matison served as the Program Director for Restoration Programs at WildEarth Guardians. It is a not-for-profit organization that received funding from New Mexico, the federal government, and other nonprofit organizations. It is unclear whether federal or state money was involved in the theft...more