A man accused along with former University of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan of operating a fraudulent investment scheme testified Thursday that Donnan asked him to sign a document saying Donnan wasn't aware that investor money was being used to pay other investors. Gregory Crabtree's testimony came during Donnan's trial on federal charges including conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. Crabtree pleaded guilty last month to a single count of conspiracy A federal indictment against Donnan, of Athens, and Gregory L. Crabtree, of Proctorville, Ohio, says the pair ran a fraudulent investment scheme from 2007 to 2010 through GLC, a West Virginia-based company that dealt in closeout merchandise. Donnan presented a document to Crabtree in late 2010, after the scheme had unraveled, in which Crabtree was to certify that the ex-coach did not know that investor money was being used to pay other investors.
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