Moshe Porat, former dean of Temple University's Fox School of Business. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS) Read more TIM TAI / MCT

by Abraham Gutman Published June 2, 2025, 2:24 p.m. ET

The United States Supreme Court will not review the conviction of Temple University ’s business school former dean who was found guilty of federal wire fraud following a rankings scandal .

The court’s denial of the petition for review filed by Moshe Porat, who led the Fox School of Business from 1996 to 2018, marks an end to his criminal case.

Porat, 78, continued to maintain his innocence following the Monday decision from the Supreme Court, saying that he was wrongly blamed for the misdeeds of a subordinate .

“I worked my entire professional career to ensure that the Fox educa

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