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Shooting in Fairfax may have local connection Date published: 2/4/2008
By Dan Telvock A Herndon man charged yesterday in Fairfax with attempted capital murder of a police officer may be the same man who was implicated last year in a widespread embezzlement investigation that could include local homeowners' associations. Police critically wounded Jeffrey S. Koger, 38, of Herndon, after a brief shootout near the Springfield Mall on Saturday morning. He is believed to be the same Jeff S. Koger who is is the former chief financial officer of Koger Management Group, a company under investigation after $2.2 million was found missing from HOA accounts it managed. The company, which managed at least 25 HOAs in the Fredericksburg region, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the summer. So far there has been no determination how much, if any, of the missing money came from HOAs in the Fredericksburg area. Fairfax County Police Of- Police responded to a call about a wounded person near the Franconia District Police Station shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Officers found two Hispanic men in the parking lot with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. A Fairfax County Police Department press release states that at the same time, a Virginia State Police trooper attempted to stop a vehicle traveling west on Franconia Road near Fleet Drive, but the vehicle failed to stop. A pursuit ensued and the suspect's vehicle crashed. Fairfax County and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit police officers responded to the crash scene to assist the trooper. At that time, the driver exited and pointed a gun at the officers. There was a brief exchange of gunfire and the man was shot according to a press release from Fairfax police. No police officers were injured. Gotthardt said police are trying to determine whether Koger was involved in an earlier shooting of a cab driver in Alexandria and the shooting of the two men found near the Franconia police station. In a complaint, the Virginia Real Estate Board and the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation alleged that electronic bank transfers from the HOA accounts were made without any proper documentation. That complaint named Jeff Koger as "the likely primary culprit for embezzling the funds." No one has been charged and police continue to investigate the alleged wrongdoing. A judge ordered the company to hire a forensic accountant to investigate how the money went missing. The judge also appointed a monitor to supervisor the company. HOAs through this region and Northern Virginia were informed by letters to conduct audits as soon as possible. HOAs had until Dec. 4 to file claims with the bankruptcy court. The Associated Press contributed.
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