A Boy Scout leader who used to be a D.C. police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to bank fraud conspiracy for trying to deposit nearly $1 million in counterfeit checks.
Natwan E. Logan, 32, of Upper Marlboro, was a Metropolitan Police Officer for six years until he resigned earlier this year after he learned of a police investigation, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Channing Phillips.
Logan was also the Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 337 in the District. Boy Scout District Executive Jason Johnson on Tuesday said he had no comment about whether Logan would remain a Scout Master.
In U.S. District Court, Logan admitted to depositing or attempting to deposit fake checks at banks in Washington, Maryland and Las Vegas. The checks ranged in amounts from $2,000 to $500,000.
In March 2005, Logan traveled to Las Vegas where he and his co-conspirators tried to pass a $500,000 check at a Bank of America branch, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Authorities won’t reveal the identities of Logan’s co-conspirators because their investigation is ongoing, Phillips said.
Logan is scheduled to be sentenced in November. He faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. But according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Logan is likely to see a prison sentence of about two years.
Logan had been named Officer of the Month twice during his stint with the D.C. policedepartment, once in 2001 and again in 2004 for tracking down a thief who stole a $25,000 lottery ticket.
