Donald Watkins

Donald Watkins Sentenced to Five Years after Investment Scam Conviction

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(AP File Photo/Butch Dill) Well-known Alabama lawyer Donald Watkins, who was convicted of swindling NBA star Charles Barkley and using the name of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to bolster an investment scam has been sentenced to five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre also ordered Watkins to pay about $14 million in restitution during a hearing…

Former Montgomery City Councilman Indicted

Watkins was youngest Councilman to date when he was elected for one four year term in 1979.
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AP-AL–Investment Fraud Indictment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama attorney and his son are accused of defrauding investors and a bank out of millions of dollars. A news release from U.S. Attorney Jay Town says an indictment was handed up Thursday against 70-year-old Donald V. Watkins Sr., of Atlanta, and 46-year-old Donald V. Watkins Jr., of Birmingham. Each faces multiple…