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‘Jacob the Jeweler’ Has A Date With The Jailer
June 24th, 2008Hip-hop’s Jeweler Gets 30-month Prison Sentence
Call him the “king of bling” or the “hip-hop hookup,” but for the next 2 ½ years, Jacob Arabov will be known as a federal prisoner after pleading guilty Tuesday to lying to prosecutors probing a multi-state drug ring. The 43-year-old Russian immigrant must also cough up $50,000 in fines and kick down the government to the tune of $2 million in forfeiture payment. “I feel ashamed that I broke the laws of this country, a country that has been so good for me,” Arabov said. “I will carry this shame for the rest of my life.” It could have been much worst for Abrabov, who authorities accused of conspiring to launder an estimated $270 million in profits for Detroit’s “Black Mafia Family” drug ring during the 1990s. At the recommendation of prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn imposed a minimum sentence of three years and one month. He lopped off another seven months from that, noting the defendant’s longtime charity work. He was arrested two years ago at his New York City jewelry store, which was frequented by many of the biggest names in the music industry. Do you think the sentence was fair?
Now we all now who has been laundering money since the beginning of time, but let someone else do it and it’s a crime.
Hell yes; everyone knows that if you play the game you have to pay the game. I think its a mini vacation, hell Federal jail and you still going to have your bread when you get out. Sit down and do your time player.
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THIS ISNT SOMETHING THE UNITED STATES JUST FOUND OUT IT IS A LONG GOIN PROCESS THAT OTHER FOREIGNER ARE DOIN
please, that’s all he gets is two 1/2 years, and this been going on for a minute. please if it was a black man he’ll be locked up for life. the rap industry of course is gonna deal w/ him when he gets out b/c that where all the jewells are coming from, not no more for a while buddy!!! really the situation is not cool at all…
The only reason he was prosecuted was because he has these black rappers, entertainers and athletes looking like they actually have something.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT MS.T! THEY DIDN’T JUST FIND THESE THINGS OUT YESTERDAY. IT’S JUST BEEN THE GAME OF SURVIVAL.SOME GET CAUGHT AND OTHERS DON’T.
WELL I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD EVENTLY COME 2 LIGHT THEY PROBABLY BEEN HAD A EYE ON HIM THEN THESSE RAPPERS OUT HERE HOLLERING HIS NAME AND IN SUM PART OF THE ALBUM THEY MENTIONED HIM ..THEY PROLLY WAS SHOPPING WITH THE GUY 2 AND I BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT HOLDING BACK ON SUMTHING THIS MAN HAS 2 HAVE A FEW BILLION NOT 2 MENTION THE GOLD HE HAS WITH IT ,,,PEOPLE NOW A DAYS JUST CAN’T KEEP THAT FKN MOUTH CLOSED THAT Y IT DOES WHEN THEY AT THE MORGUE…DUBLE..ARKANSAS’S NEXT 2 BLO
do the crime do the time. period!! no one is exempt.. alothough you will get a lesser sentence if you’re anything but BLACK
Man whats the game going to do now without the Jeweler. If they gave him 2 1/2 years then the government took too much money (They always do. I mean the 50,000 was fine but 2 mill for some unknown charge is crazy. but if Jake got it he got it. Do ya time homie then ball out at the release gates.
I really appreciate how Jacob acknowledged his wrong doing… but at the same time… I can’t knock him for making a hustle
Well dats how tha cookie crumble. But ya know ol dude git lota cash. He will be ballin outta control when he is released. So WTFE
so now the asian dude is gone get alll the business!!!
His hustle just went off the rictor scale, we all know in his business any kinda time makes him more a part of the game
Old boy will be just find. All the people that he didn’t snitch on will take care of him the rest of his life when he get out of jail.
This man has been making money off us like many other non-African-Americans and then poisoning our communities. The Asians have been doing the same thing and we Black people wake up.
HEY WE ALL KNOW IF HE WAS BLACK HE WOULD’VE DONE LIFE TIMES ARE HARD EVEN FOR BALLERS YOU GOTTA HAVE MULTIPLE INCOME STREAMS THESE DAYS SOMETIMES THAT EASY MONEY COMES QUICKER BUT YOU GOT TO GET IN AND GET OUT CAUSE YOU WILL GET CAUGHT EVENTUALLY. CHECK OUT http://WWW.EARTHSHADOWENT.COM OR HOTSTARDESIGN.COM
fea, how can we be mad at white people when we make ignorant racist comments just like them. You need to check out some of these message boards to see how they talk about us using race all the time.
This is some bs. Only in America can you launder money for criminals and only get 2 years in jail. This man and many other men did wrong and should pay. This ain’t the wire its real life and he should go to jail forever.
one year and out on road. is this really news?do you really care?