All those dumbass rappers made this khazar filthy rich...
Jew cohnvicted by Jew Judge, brought to you by Jewish reporter...
"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."
^ "ashamed" he got CAUGHT.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5im3n5JbO6s5csCpxK8CH4hkLAoCQD91GIFQ80
'Jacob the Jeweler' gets 30 months in US prison
By DAVID N. GOODMAN – 3 hours ago
DETROIT (AP) — The New York businessman known in the hip-hop world as "Jacob the Jeweler" was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for lying to investigators looking into a multistate drug ring.
Jacob Arabov, 43, pleaded guilty in October to falsifying records and giving false statements as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, who asked U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn to impose a minimum sentence of three years and one month.
But Cohn decided to shave off seven months from that recommendation, citing Arabov's extensive charity work.
Cohn also ordered the Russian immigrant to pay a $50,000 fine and to make a $2 million forfeiture payment to the government.
"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."
Arabov was arrested in 2006 at his Manhattan jewelry shop. Authorities accused him and others of conspiring to launder about $270 million in drug profits.
Prosecutors dropped the money laundering charges in the plea deal.
Authorities accused Arabov and others of conspiring to launder drug profits for the "Black Mafia Family," a ring that operated out of the Detroit area beginning in the early 1990s.
The seven-year investigation resulted in the indictments of Arabov and at least 41 other people, federal authorities say.
They say about 1,100 pounds of cocaine and $19 million in cash and other assets were seized beginning in 2000.
Arabov, also known as the "King of Bling," became popular among hip-hop and R&B artists in the mid-1990s.
He launched a line of religious-themed jewelry with Kanye West, who later named him in songs including "Diamonds From Sierra Leone," in which he asked, "These ain't conflict diamonds, is they Jacob? Don't lie to me man."
He also manufactured Lil' Kim's line of Royalty watches.
Arabov will report to prison Jan. 15.
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Anyone want to bet this Kosher Klown will either flee the country to his beloved Israel or try to pull off a suicide act?
Did the judge confiscate his passport? Probably not.
This MF will spend no time in prison.
He was involved in schemes that made him hundreds of millions of dollars and only gets nicked for a measly 2.5 million?
Take a lesson from this kids, if you want to rob and steal, think big.
Don't bother with penny ante stuff at the liquor store, think big and rob millions and millions.
If you get caught, turn on the sprinklers and cry a river, lamenting about how sad you are.... that you got CAUGHT.
Then, use your ill gotten loot to flee to Israel.
This clown is a former Russian, probably his family was mobbed up in the old USSR.
For those not in the know, Jacob -- Jacob Arabo, to be precise -- is the Harry Winston of the hip-hop world, the jeweler who gives most of today's leading rappers their shine. His name has popped up in the lyrics of Mase, Foxy Brown and Busta Rhymes. A 34-year-old immigrant from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mr. Arabo now sips Champagne regularly with famed Hamptons party-givers like Sean (Puffy) Combs and Russell Simmons and flies out to Las Vegas with Jay-Z and Damon Dash to sit in the good seats at heavyweight championship fights. His customized platinum and diamond creations gleam on album covers like Slick Rick's ''Art of Storytelling'' and in the posters for ''Forever,'' Puff Daddy's latest album, which hits stores on Aug. 24. ''I love Jacob's jewelry,'' Mr. Combs said. ''All his work is original.'' But Mr. Arabo doesn't just design jewelry for glitzy photo shoots. He does romantic pieces, as well. Last month when Pepa, of Salt-n-Pepa, married Treach, of Naughty by Nature, the rap superstars came to Mr. Arabo for matching diamond-and-platinum wedding rings (her rock was 12 carats, his 6.)
Mr. Arabo's store, Diamond Quasar, is a surprisingly modest counter nestled inside the Kaplan Diamond Exchange on the Avenue of the Americas and 47th Street. Asked how he feels about the anti-Semitism that flares up occasionally in rap lyrics, Mr. Arabo, who is Jewish, said: ''What, are you kidding me? They all say, 'Jacob, I want to marry a Jewish girl.' ''
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3DE1239F936A2575BC0A...
So this 'jacob' gets roasted lying about millions in drug-money laundering, to which he was an accomplice; yet the prosecution doesn't bother to make the case, and goes for a 'six-months-later' plea-bargain, to which buddy is not likely to show-up for.
WHAT A JOKE!! THIS MUST HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, NONCHALANT!!
Hey, if you're a chosen-one, you can setup meth-labs with illegal immigrant workers, steal hundreds of millions, launder hundreds of millions, and roam-free after you're caught!!
Heck; why not steal some F-15's, nukes and trillions too!!
Waaaaaa!!! I want reparations!!! MF zooish talmudic bastards.
anyone whos supposed to report to prison in 6 fucking months probably will never end up there. thats fucking retarded. but not surprising, of course. even if he were to do any time, i think we all kow what kinda place it would be in. and im pretty sure we also know hed never do anywhere near the full time. once everyone turns theur heads, hes out, gone to some tropical island no doubt. another joke.