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Madison Co. man sentenced to 20 years and thousands in restitutions for security fraud

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Harry "Woody" Duncan (Source: Metro Jail) Harry "Woody" Duncan (Source: Metro Jail)
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -

A Judicial Court sentenced a Madison County man to 20 years in prison for security violations.

Harry "Woody" Duncan was convicted of violating the Alabama Securities Act. Investigators said he wrote an unregistered promissory note for $25,000 and said the investment would provide "double digit returns."

Duncan will be required to serve five years of the 20 year sentence. Fifteen years were suspended under the conditions he make full restitution to the victims and file sworn quarterly financial statements.

Duncan pled guilty to scheme or artifice to defraud in connection with the sale of securities and theft first degree.

The court ordered Duncan to serve an addition 15 years for the theft charge to run concurrent with the securities fraud case.

Duncan will have to pay $512,063 in restitutions to seven investors named in the original indictment and an additional $179,000 to another victim.

Duncan will have another restitution hearing to determine if additional repayments are owed to other victims on November 19.

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