Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed has announced that Donald Watkins, Jr., has withdrawn his name from consideration as the director of Small and Minority Business Development.

As Action 8 News has reported, according to the U.S. Department of Justice , Watkins and his father, Donald Watkins, Sr., were convicted in March 2019 for defrauding NBA star Charles Barkley and using the name of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to lend credibility to an investment scheme.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the victims’ money was used to pay Watkins, Sr.,’s alimony, back taxes, personal loans and to fund luxury expenses including a private jet and designer clothing purchased by Watkins, Jr., and his wife. Watkins, Sr., was convicted on seven counts of wire fraud, two counts of b

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