King of Bling from the City of Stone
Culture and History, Uzbekistan2 Comments
The New York Post has an interesting article about one of the most succesful Uzbek immigrants-Yakov Arabov A.K.A. Jacob “The Jeweler” Arabo.
The famed Manhattan purveyor of diamond-encrusted “bling” to Madonna, Diddy, hoop star Allen Iverson and other celebs was busted yesterday on charges he helped two coke kingpins launder some of their $270 million in dirty drug profits by selling them jewelry.
Jacob “The Jeweler” Arabo received “large sums of currency” for various pieces of jewelry from the leaders of the so-called Black Mafia Family drug ring and their flunkies, according to a Detroit federal-court indictment unsealed yesterday that also charges 15 others with drug and laundering crimes.The 41-year-old Uzbeki immigrant, born Jakov Arabov from Tashkent, then either failed to file tax forms required for business transactions totaling more than $10,000, or submitted false tax forms that declared the purchasers were people other than the actual buyers, the indictment claims.
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[...] Last July Rumil picked up on an item from the New York Post about Jacob “The Jeweller” Arabo, purveyor of “bling” to Hip-Hop royalty and other celebrities. The Manhattan-based jeweller (website here) is a Bukharan Jew whose family emigrated to the US in 1979, initially living in Brooklyn before moving to Queens. Last July Arabo was arrested, and later indicted, on charges of laundering money for a Detroit-based drugs cartel called the “Black Mafia Family”. Arabo’s lawyers are reportedly trying to get former clients of the jeweller, including Jay-Z, Diddy, and David Beckham, to testify on his behalf. [...]
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