The Hartford Courant on Thursday reported that the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board alleges a congressional candidate from Connecticut owes $52,102 in fines and penalties for allegedly operating a contracting business without insurance.

George S. Logan

The candidate, George S. Logan, told the newspaper he has not operated in New York in six years and doesn’t owe the New York State Insurance Fund any money. He said the fines assessed against his business, Logan and Logan Distributors, were the result of a clerical error.

The New York Workers’ Compensation Board in November 2018 sent Logan a letter saying his company failed to carry work comp since August of that year and owed $26,500 plus a $4,500 penalty. Penalties have been accumulating since then and the firm now owes $52,102, according to the board, for operating without coverage from Aug. 2, 2018, through Jan. 13, 2020.

Logan told the newspaper that he canceled the policy when he stopped working in New York in 2018.

He said the company had insurance through New York State Insurance Fund, which, the paper confirmed, says Logan’s company does not owe it any money for premiums.

“There is no record of Logan and Logan receiving a notice of anything owed and, given their zero balance on NYSIF, this appears nothing more than a clerical error on the part of New York state,” Logan said.