An associate dean at the University of Central Florida is facing fraud and theft charges after he allegedly charged $40,000 worth of home electronics to a university-issued credit card and tried to conceal the purchases from the university, The Orlando Sentinel reported.

The newspaper said Jamal Nayfeh, associate dean of the university’s College of Engineering, turned himself in at a local jail this afternoon and was expected to be released after posting bond.

A university spokesman, Grant Heston, said Mr. Nayfeh was suspended with pay this month after auditors discovered the purchases, made in December. The arrest affidavit says that Mr. Nayfeh gave the auditors an “altered receipt to make it appear that non-taggable business related items were purchased … rather than a home-entertainment system.”

According to the Sentinel, Mr. Nayfeh’s annual salary as associate dean is $181,000. —Charles Huckabee