Scammer who cheated ex-NBA star Dwight Howard out of $7M in fake bid for WNBA team gets 12 years in prison

Calvin Darden Jr. also ordered to forfeit several luxury items including a $3.7 million Atlanta mansion, $600,000 in artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat, a Lamborghini and a Rolls-Royce.
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