More than a decade ago, a Michigan man raised millions of dollars to build a company that sold computer equipment — except they were phony machines with blinking lights.
Although the products weren't real, the mess that the man and his company left behind remain very real to Columbus-based Huntington Bancshares, which continues to battle in the courts over a judgment against it that, with interest, has grown to $81 million.
Huntington was the lead institution that lent money to Barton Watson of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to help continue his fraudulent...
