New Mexico Highlands University is now the subject of a criminal investigation by a state district attorney’s office into allegations of fraud and forgery tied to employment and student documentation. The Fourth Judicial District Attorney Thomas A. Clayton said the probe will run alongside a state auditor’s special audit, reflecting intensifying scrutiny of university governance and compliance processes. The district attorney’s office cited two specific allegations: fraudulent creation and forgery of a men’s head basketball coach employment contract and falsified federal immigration form I-20. The case follows Board of Regents action placing former president Neil Woolf on leave and subsequent staff terminations or leave actions, underscoring reputational and regulatory risk for institutional leadership, student immigration compliance, and athletics oversight.