Courier-Journal: Ill. director says he returned money from U of L grant
The director of a nonprofit agency tied to a $694,000 federal grant being investigated at the University of Louisville says he returned $250,000 in grant-related funds at the direction of former U of L Education dean Robert Felner, who told him it was sent as a “mistake,” according to an Illinois newspaper.
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Thomas D. Schroeder, of Illinois, told the Rock Island Argus Thursday that he acted as a fiscal manager for National Center on Education and Prevention, which U of L documents show was contracted to receive $450,000 in funds from the grant to provide and administer education surveys.
Schroeder said he signed a contract for the project. But he said wasn’t aware of any work the center produced and never received the remaining $200,000.
“I found out this was being investigated when two federal agents came to my home,” he told the Rock Island newspaper.
Schroeder’s lawyer, Herbert Schultz, told The Courier-Journal that he was present at the interview but wouldn’t make his client available for further interviews. Schroeder did not responded to numerous messages at his work and home.
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