Jacob the Jeweler Sentenced To Jail

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) Jun 24th 2008 at 7:01PM

Bad news for Jacob Arabov. The man, better known as "Jacob the Jeweler" and namechecked in stars by hip-hop stars like Missy Elliot for his expensive and gaudy creations has just been sentenced to 30 months in prison. Arabov has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, and will have to pay a fine of $2 million in a sentence handed down today by U.S. district court judge Avern Cohn in Detroit. Arabov was arrested on June 15, 2006 on money laundering charges involving more than $270 million in narcotics earnings for a Detroit-based drug ring.

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mjk Jun 25th 2008 11:17AM

funny, there is no mention of this on the website for Jacob & Co. and why is it always Detroit! Is there not drug dealers in New York were this guy is from!?

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