ST. PAUL — A Stearns County businessman faces federal charge after being accused of trying to hire someone to kill the fiance of a former mistress.

Reports said 29-year-old Robert James Schueller was charged Friday with the use of interstate commerce facilities to commission the murder.

According to court documents, Schueller asked one of his employees to help orchestrate the murder, and in doing so made phone calls and sent text messages and a $10,000 payment to Wisconsin.

Court documents say Schueller had a three-month affair with a woman while he was married to another woman. All three worked at Nomad Pipeline Services, Schueller’s family-owned business.

Schueller’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment from the newspaper. A message left Saturday at the business was not immediately returned.