Massachusetts Nursing Home Owners Plead Guilty to Felonies
Nursing home owners Joel Logan and Todd Logan have pled guilty to numerous felony charges relating to the five Massachusetts nursing homes they formerly owned. The Logan brothers pled guilty to stealing funds and neglecting patients. They admitted to using Medicaid funds for personal luxury while simultaneously failing to provide their residents with basic necessities of life and sanitary conditions. Bills went unpaid to pest control and medical waste removal businesses and lead to interruptions in service. They also stole employee wages withheld for 401(k) retirement accounts and failed to pay insurance companies for short-term disability and life insurance policies. The money taken was used to fund a yacht and attendance at horse races. All five of the nursing home facilities have now gone into court-ordered receivership. Three of the facilities eventually were closed and two were sold.
The Logan brothers have been forbidden to work in the health care industry again and are not allowed to be in charge of any employee benefit plans. They have been ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution and have been sentenced to five years probation.
