Rhode Island/Kentucky: Ex-URI official indicted in Ky. on fraud charges

by E Wayne Ross on October 23, 2008

Providence Journal: Update: Ex-URI official indicted in Ky. on fraud charges

Robert Felner, a national education figure and former director of the University of Rhode Island’s School of Education, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of money laundering conspiracy, mail program fraud and tax evasion by the U.S. Attorney in Kentucky.

According to the indictment, Felner, 58, and a former colleague in Illinois, Thomas Schroeder, 58, conspired to embezzle about $1.7 million from URI.