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Aug
22
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8/22/2007 7:13 PM
The FBI has announced the sentencing of Michail Aronov, age 34, to 7 ½ years in prison as will as requiring him to pay in excess of $1 million in restitution. The conviction stems from his involvement as a ring leader of a conspiracy that forced women form countries in Eastern Europe, who thought they were begin brought to the United States for legitimate jobs, to work as exotic dances in strip clubs in the Detroit, Michigan area.The actual crimes he was convicted of are conspiring to violate their civil rights by involuntary servitude, immigration conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.\r\n\r\nAccording to the papers filed with the court, Aronov, in conspiracy with his business partners operated what amounted to human trafficking in which they smuggled women into the United States and threatened them if they did not work in the clubs. They did this under the cover of a legitimate business, Beauty Search Inc.\r\n\r\nRead the remainder of this article at:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.associatedcontent.com/article/353556/ninth_conspirator_sentenced_in_detroit.html
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