Wisconsin: Former UW-Parkside chancellor candidate indicted

by E Wayne Ross on October 23, 2008

The Badger Herald: Former UW-Parkside chancellor candidate indicted

The chancellor slated to take office at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in July was indicted Wednesday for allegedly conspiring to obtain approximately $2.1 million between 2001 and 2008.

Robert Felner, former dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville, is charged with committing mail fraud, laundering money as well as evading his taxes and defrauding the Internal Revenue Service, according to a statement released by the Department of Justice.