A Frankfort attorney, Brian Logan, 51, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove for crimes including wire fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering.
Court documents reveal that Logan prepared a will for a client in August 2018. After the client's death, Logan was appointed executor of the estate, which included real property and cash intended for distribution among charities. Instead of following the will's instructions, Logan transferred $239,600 from the estate's bank account to his personal accounts over several years. He used these funds for personal expenses such as credit card payments.
Logan also manipulated transactions to transfer ownership of the estate’s real property to himself. Acting as executor, he arranged fictitious sales involving a friend and forged signatures on deeds. Over nearly six years, he collected rent from this property to pay personal credit card bills.
Furthermore, Logan submitted fraudulent documents to secure a loan related to the property. These included forged deeds and leases using his friend's name. The loan proceeds amounted to $116,000 and were used for his personal gain.
Under federal law requirements, Logan must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence before being eligible for release. Post-release supervision by the U.S. Probation Office will last three years. Additionally, Logan is mandated to pay $178,381 in restitution as part of his sentencing.
The announcement of Logan's sentence was made by Paul McCaffrey, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Robert Holman, Special Agent in Charge at the U.S. Secret Service; and Russell Coleman, Kentucky Attorney General.
The investigation leading to this outcome was carried out by the U.S. Secret Service and the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office with Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Mattingly Williams prosecuting on behalf of the United States.
