Frankfort Attorney Pleads Guilty to Looting a Charity Estate and Stealing Real Property

Published Nov. 6, 2026. Case status is current as of that date.

An executor named in a will is supposed to follow the will, especially gifts to charities. On Nov. 21, 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced that Frankfort attorney Brian Logan, 50, had pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering [1].

Status: Logan pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove. Sentencing was scheduled for March 5, 2025, in the Nov. 21, 2024 release; confirm the judgment for the final sentence [1].

What court documents describe

According to court documents summarized by prosecutors [1]:

1. After preparing a client's 2018 will and becoming executor, Logan transferred $239,600 from the estate bank account to himself (Oct. 2018–Aug. 2023) instead of distributing assets to charities as directed.
2. He used forged deeds and a friend's name to move the estate's real property to an entity he owned, collected rent for nearly six years, and obtained a $116,000 bank loan with forged documents.

The person who pleaded guilty

Brian Logan, 50, Frankfort, Ky. Attorney. Pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering; sentencing was set for March 5, 2025 [1].

Case status (as of Nov. 6, 2026)

Defendant	Court	Status	Source
Brian Logan, 50, Frankfort, Ky.	U.S. District Court, E.D. Ky. (Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove)	Pleaded guilty (announced Nov. 21, 2024); sentencing was set for March 5, 2025	[1]

Confirm the judgment entry for the final sentence.

Sources

1. U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky, "Frankfort Attorney Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering," Nov. 21, 2024. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/frankfort-attorney-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud-bank-fraud-aggravated-identity-theft-and