MTSU professor charged with financial crimes

Murfreesboro, tenn. (WSMV) – A college professor of the mid -state was arrested this week and charged with several financial crimes, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The TBI reported that the 65-year-old Don Hong, professor at Middle Tennessee State University, was the focus of an investigation from 2024 by the Tennessee Compatroller for possibly constant state funds. The 16th Attorney General of the Justice District, Jennings Jones, asked the TBI on May 9, 2024.

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In the course of the investigation, the financial documents of Hongs were analyzed, and it was found that he used his position at the university between 2020 and 2024 to overthrow money from the state.

On Monday, May 5, 2025, a Grand Jury County County in Rutherford County accused the theft, a fake of the fake, a count of criminal simulation, a number of official misconduct, a number of official oppression and counting.

He is recorded in the Rutherford County prison with a bond of 500,000 US dollars.

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