Jacob Arabov aka "Jacob The Jeweler" is calling on his celebrity clients to testify as defense witnesses at his upcoming federal money-laundering trial.Rappers Sean "Diddy" Combs, Jay-Z, songstress Mariah Carey and Los Angeles-bound soccer great David Beckham top the list of witnesses drawn from Jacob & Co.'s clientele. Recent court records show lawyers for "Jacob the Jeweler," who has a store on East 57th Street, detailed their strategy and a list of megastars they intend to call in a sealed submission to a U.S. judge in Detroit.
The bling-meister is accused of accepting over $270 million for jewelry from the members of the Black Mafia Family (BMF) - a Detroit-based drug ring that moved millions of dollars in narcotics - and then failing to file the proper tax forms in a scheme to hide the illegal source of the money.
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