Nursing home founders' grandson cleared of larceny
February 14th, 2009 by Jennifer Walker-Journey
Gregory Logan’s family was well known in Dedham, Massachusetts. Years ago his grandparents Samuel and Florence Logan founded the largest nursing home operation in the area. Logan served as the administrator of Logan Nursing & Rehabilitation in Braintree. But last year Logan and his two uncles, Joel Logan and Todd Logan, were accused of raiding patient accounts for personal use between January 2001 and June 2003. The uncles pleaded guilty in July to misappropriating Medicaid funds, conspiracy, larceny, embezzlement and patient neglect. They both received five years probation and were ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution.
Gregory Logan chose instead to fight the charge.
Last week, Attorney General Martha Coakley cleared Gregory Logan of larceny, according to Wicked Local Braintree.
The announcement comes nearly three years after charges were initially filed against the men. All three were initially charged with taking more than $600, 000 of the $34 million in Medicare funds during that time while also failing to provide basic goods and services to the residents of their facilities. They also were accused of failing to remit deductions withheld from employees’ wages and for a company-sponsored retirement plan. The investigation also revealed that the facilities frequently experienced shortages of food, medicine, personal hygiene items and linens. Vendor bills often went unpaid which resulted in lapses of services such as pest control and medical waste pickups.
“There are two sides to every story. I was accused of stealing from the elderly, and I refused to plead guilty to a crime I did not commit,” Gregory Logan said to reporters.
In 2003, a judge put four of the homes into receivership and the fifth went into receivership a year later. Since then, two of the homes have closed and three were sold to other companies.
Now cleared of wrongdoing, Gregory Logan says he is distancing himself from his family and hopes to continue in health care management.