JANUARY 23 Details of the criminal case against Jacob the Jeweler, the entertainment world s so-called King of Bling, have emerged in a new government filing that portrays the businessman as an active participant in a money laundering scheme hatched by members of Detroit s Black Mafia Family drug gang. Jacob Arabov, federal prosecutors allege, helped launder millions for BMF members, fabricated IRS documents, and conspired with gang members to cover up their illegal actions. The case against Arabov, 41, is detailed for the first time in a brief filed last week in U.S. District Court in Detroit. An excerpt from that document can be found below. According to prosecutors, testimony about Arabov s dealings with BMF has come from six sources, including four men who have pleaded guilty to related drug and money laundering charges. But the key witness against Arabov (pictured at right with Sean Combs) may be Damon Thomas, an A-list music producer who, as one half of the Underdogs, has worke