Jurors to Decide if Brian Watson Defrauded Investors or Was only ‘Less than Perfect’

Jurors to decide if Brian Watson defrauded investors or was only ‘less than perfect’

Brian Watson, the Denver developer whose career was upended by a 2020 FBI raid of his home and still-unresolved claims of corruption, stood before jurors for the first time Monday. But the allegations against him in this week’s five-day trial — three civil counts of investment fraud — are unrelated to those levied by Amazon involving data centers in Virginia. “The defendant Watson was CEO of the defendant WDC Holdings, which did business under t…

Jurors to decide if Watson defrauded investors or was only ‘less than perfect’

Brian Watson in front of the Byron Rogers Courthouse in downtown Denver. (BusinessDen illustration) Brian Watson, the Denver developer whose career was upended by a 2020 FBI raid of his home and still-unresolved claims of corruption, stood before jurors for the first time Monday. But the allegations against him in this week’s five-day trial — three civil counts of investment fraud — are unrelated to those levied by Amazon involving data centers …