public function isEmailVerified($email) {
        try {
            $user = $this->api('/user/'.$email);
            if (isset($user['emails']) && is_array($user['emails']) && count($user['emails']) > 0) {
                foreach ($user['emails'] as $key => $value) {
                    if (isset($value['verified']) && $value['verified'] == true && $value['value'] == $email) {
                        return true;
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (VGS_Client_Exception $e) {
            self::errorLog('Exception thrown when getting logged in user:'. $e->getMessage());
        }
        return false;
    }