Prosecutors said Wednesday that Jim Donnan lured his friends into a fraudulent investment scheme because he was blinded by the enormous amount of money he could make, while defense attorneys argued the former University of Georgia football coach was duped and thought he was presenting them with a great opportunity. Jurors were set to begin deliberating in the case after a lunch break after hearing from lawyers for both sides in Donnan's trial on charges including conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors say the 69-year-old and Gregory Crabtree of Proctorville, Ohio, ran the scheme from September 2007 to December 2010, through GLC Limited, a West Virginia-based company dealing in wholesale and closeout merchandise. Prosecutors have said Crabtree ran the day-to-day operations and that Donnan used his relationships of trust in his extensive personal and professional network to lure investors.
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