Michael Logan, Defrauding Federal Government, New York 2012

Grimy Times has learned that MICHAEL LOGAN, a former manager of TESTQUEST, INC., an educational services company, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal government by falsely claiming to have provided tutoring services that were paid for with federal funds.

The scheme, which occurred from 2005 through 2012, involved LOGAN instructing TESTQUEST employees to forge student signatures on attendance forms and to have students sign attendance forms for tutoring classes they had not attended. On some occasions, LOGAN caused TESTQUEST employees to fraudulently obtain students’ signatures by collecting them from students assembled in the school cafeteria or participating in afterschool activities such as baseball or basketball practice.

LOGAN also coached others to lie when he learned of the criminal investigation. In one recorded conversation, LOGAN encouraged another witness to lie about teaching classes that occurred when he and the witness were not present.

The New York City Department of Education received funds from the federal government to pay for New York City’s Supplemental Educational Services program, which included after-school tutoring and other remedial and supplemental academic enrichment services for students attending underperforming public schools. Testquest Inc. received tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for tutoring during this time period, including more than $2.3 million for purported tutoring at Monroe and Columbus alone.

LOGAN pleaded guilty to a scheme to defraud the federal government by falsely submitting claims for payment for tutoring services that were never actually provided. He will face the consequences of his shameful exploitation of this vitally important program.

Defendant: MICHAEL LOGAN

Criminal Charges: Scheme to Defraud the Federal Government

City and State: New York

Date: 2012

Sentence: Not specified in the press release

Dollar Amounts: Tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for tutoring during this time period, including more than $2.3 million for purported tutoring at Monroe and Columbus alone

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