Jacob “The Jeweler” Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  45 Comments

jacob.jpgJacob Arabov, popularly known as Jacob The Jeweler, pleaded not guilty to federal money laundering charges yesterday in Detroit. Arabov was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia M. Morgan, who upheld his $100,000 bail. Jacob, who gained notoriety as the preferred jeweler to some of hip-hop’s biggest stars, was arrested in New York on July 15 on a warrant issued by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Detroit. The feds allege that Arabov helped a drug organization called the Black Mafia Family launder millions of dollars in drug profits.

  • http://aol.com PORT ARTHUR TEXAS

    FIRST

  • http://www.ananzi.co.za PHONY YAYO

    AS LONG AS UDON SNITCH JACOB….CUZ UKNW WATZ GONNA HAPPEN 2U IF U DO..LOL

    GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG-UNOT

  • Keep A Bitch Broke

    1st

  • http://UG-RS.com Tyler

    It’s ’bout time they caught a white man doing something don’t U think? I always thought his watches were over priced and very not hot. Peep the heat at http://www.myspace.com/marcusorealiusmusic
    http://www.myspace.com/marcmaysrockandrollthug

  • http://hotmail.com tonelocilla

    You’re a dumb fool tyler, he’s not white.

  • Will T. Bagyou

    …neva snitch.

  • BirdsFlySouth

    Every black drug dealer or gang eventually answers to some white dude. Looks like we found the white dude.

  • mg32

    first of all Jacob is not white. He’s Russian. and who told u that gangs and black drug dealers answer to a white dude. u been watchin to much tv. but yea sometimes that happens. but as for gangs iono about that.

  • rob

    yes if he snitches he can get his crown jewels cut off.

  • http://I Real South Nigga

    Jacob da jewler better keep his mouth closed dem BMF niggaz gona merck his rich ass…

  • 184th Boy

    How many rappers will still wanna know him now?

  • 3_THIRTEEN

    Jacob the Schooler, gotta respec em. Mafia $ runs deeper than BMF. Hoovers pupils will get nothing.lol

  • http://www.myspace.com/casttroy Cast T.R.O.Y.

    Peep game….. Russians run deep in the underworld, according to the movies that’s made. That doesn’t mean Jacob is THAT type…. I’m not saying he’s guilty or inocent but he could be involved…. But just cause you provide a public service to some under-world niggas don’t mean you connected…… BUT you do look suspect……

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  • http://www.myspace.com/rasheedchappell Rasheed Chappell

    It’s unfortunate that once again all things associated with Hip Hop have to be marred by allegations of crime and violence. Guilty or innocent it feeds into the Hip Hop stereo types.

  • http://www.myspace.com/mostwanted_aka_mw Junior

    aaaaaaaaaahaha!! lol w/e

  • jonjon–23

    To MG32: White and Russian is one and the same nut. Stand across the ave. from him and wait for a cab, I bet you watch him leave…

  • kingbfresh

    i no big meech the real big meech…its over for u niggas once my nigga hits the streets…haaaa haaaa

  • lolz

    LOL @ hes not white.. hes russian. So whats your definition of white? Only anglo saxons?

  • n.c. nigga

    Who cares about a cracker!

  • http://tydaflyhotmail.com TY

    WHO EVER SAID THAT THIS GUY IS WHITE, YOU ARE ALL WRONG!! HE IS AN ARAB, DUMB ASS NINJAS!!

  • PHOTON

    How does this have anything to do with anything?

  • LATIN PISTOL

    ok he aint arab. again u bring G-Not into sum shit completely different(dick riders) and he pleaded not guilty so he aint goin say notin. dam i hate these white bitches go read maxim or a newspaper or watever it is white people read. dam

  • big pin

    you all are dumb

  • mike

    white and russian is the same shiit, but he is neither, hes from uzbekistan, which is in central asia.

  • OMFG

    HE IS ARAB you morons, go to shcool damn…he aint no white boi.

    I respect dat cat, screw da feds man, they planted it on a nigga…

  • http://therealesttmail.com The Realest

    WHY DUMB MUTHER FUCKERS THINK JACOB IS WHITE. HE’S RUSSIAN. AND THE BMF (BLACK MAFIA FAMILY) NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SHIT TO JACOB. CAUSE THE F.E.D.S GOING TO LOCK THEM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY. THAT NETWORK IS SHUT DOWN FROM DETROIT TO ALANTA TO LA DOWN TO TEXAS. JACOB BITCH ASS IS GOING TO RAT THEM OUT. HE DON’T HAVE NO RUSSIAN MOB BEHIND HIM. THAT WAS ONLY IN TRAINING DAY THEY KILLED ALONZO (DENZEL WASHINGTON) THATS A MOVIE, LIKE ALL THESE RAPPERS FOLLOW MOVIES THINKING THAT SHIT IS REAL. THAT SHIT IS FICTION, THATS MAKE BELIEVE, ANYWAY NOBODY IN THE MOVIES LAST ANYWAY, SCARFACE=DIED, THE GOD FATHER=DIED, FRANK WHITE= DIED, GOODFELLAS=LOCKED UP 4 LIFE, NINO BROWN=DIED, ALONSO=DIED, OK REAL LIFE DRUG KING PENS PABLO ESCOBAR=DIED, RAYFUL EDMOND=LIFE IN PRISON, MEDELIN CARTEL=MAJORITY DEAD. THE FLENORY BROTHERS=TBA

  • Real Nigga

    Hell I thought Russians, Europeans, French people, & Jewish people where white folkz. (even though black people live in Europe and France)

    *Hey Realest I think You 4got Noriega tha Real Noriega-yeah he locked up 2*

  • papa

    i know jacob is down with the russian mob and ya niggas is too ignorant u watch too many movie that nigga jacob getting paid and all uss r is haters

  • 8thstreetdyme

    To all of the people on this site that said jacob is not white, he is russian. What the fuck u think russians are dick heads, they are fucking white. Morons. Whether he’s from ubekizstan or russia, I don’t know and I don’t give a rats nut. But russians are white, dick heads. Go to school morons.

  • mike

    a yo 8thstreetdyme learn the races, uzbekistan is in central asia, how ta fuck u gonna say hes white,dumass, hes asian.

  • mike

    and you latin people think u all gangsta and shit, u guys are half white, fuckin crackers

  • Southern G’s

    How can You U tell Da Difference between a Russian and White Person, they fuckin look the same. Tell me da difference cause inquiring niggaz wanna know…

  • mike

    russian people are white mannnnnnnnnn, ALL EUROPEANS ARE WHITE.russia=european-white(cockasian)

  • Thano

    Tru dat, Jacob the jewler may be white but he’s certainly not American. Black Mafia Family is huge here in the MI, so you know Jacob is a baller and protected obviously, BMF wouldn’t have messed with him if they didn’t trust him…ain’t nobody snitchin, the fed is just tricky like that…somebody was slippin and messed it up for everyone for real…He prolly came out here to fuck wit B.G., who knows..i know he ain’t talkin and he more gangsta than I thought from seein his ass on MTV

  • jacobj

    this is jacob the jeweler himself, how dare you people say im white, im pure boukharian, uzbekistan that is.

  • DJ Lucky Luke

    Man fuck that Arab looking Russkie. Dude’s watches look like some shit out a .25cent gumball machine and for $80,000?? You know he’s laundering that shit! Fry him in the electric chair! BMF represent niggaz!

  • BlacKnight

    Ok, peeps on here are on some real dumb shit…who gives a damn what Race/Nationality he is…the man makes money selling nice ass Jewelry to a Predominantly black market…they just lookin’ for a way to shut his shit down…10 to 1 he don’t even get charged

  • whiterussian

    First of all most russian are white but Jacob isnt exactly Russian cause he is from Tashkent Uzbekistan,so he is from central Asia.Most of the population there is Muslim but Jacob is Jewish.Second of all he aint got to be scared of some small ass black drugdealers because he has some friends in quit powerfull places (his cousin is Lev Leviev multi billionaire who owns a share of his company though a partner).Since his friends are friends with people like Vladimir Putin (yes ruler supreme of all of Russia) he has even something more powerfull then the russian mob behind him.BMF got a nice little network but the cant fuck with the ex FSB ex Mossad or even the russian mob.BMF is small change thinking the live the large live and got caught because the hang all the drugs money around there neck.Jacob is the only one coming out of this untouched.BMF needs to stop watching Scarface and get a little smarter.

  • Ian

    first of all he is jewish. jacob is short for the jewish name yakov im suprised no one knew that especially since he works in the diamond district

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  • atl420balla

    YALL NIGGAS IS IGNORANT, RUSSIAN is what COUNTRY THEY”RE FROM, it’s not a race, LIKE AUSTRALIAN, it’s not race FUCK NIGGAS

  • q

    i hope he knows its “Death before dishonor” loyalty is not just a word it’s a lifestyle in the words of the big homie big Meech

  • Clammy Claude

    FUCK ALL YOU RACIST MOTHER FUCKERS…FUCK YOU ALL..YOU ARE SCUM…FUCK YOU BITCHES…YALL ARE WHORES…ALWAYS HAS TO BE A RACE THING…FUCK THAT…PRICK MOTHER FUCKERS…

  • http://chriskpcomcast.net christopher

    i hate to see good people go down over some ol bullshit jacob is one of the hottest jewelry makers out right now.these muthafuckin police mad because us real niggas gettin that money and there bitch asses aint makin shit.shit they lucky im not down with them niggas because if i was them assholes would really hate me and love me take your fucking pick.you smell me!!!!!