BMF Founders Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

From BallerStatus.com -- BMF (Black Mafia Family) founders and brothers, Terry "Southwest T" and Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory, were sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday (September 12) for running a large scale nationwide cocaine trafficking ring, reports the Detroit Free Press.

The brothers pleaded guilty last year to heading a continuing criminal enterprise, which trafficked large volumes of cocaine throughout the nation from 1990 through 2005.

Their organization generated hundreds of millions of dollars during that time period, affording them luxurious homes, cars, boats, and jewelry. Some of their money was filtered through legitimate business such as BMF Entertainment, a record label who released music from artists such as Bleu DaVinci (who himself was indicted on drug conspiracy charges).

Under terms of a plea bargain, the brothers agreed to forfeit $270 million to the government.

BMF began in the early 1990s in Detroit, authorities said, and eventually extended their activities to Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, California and Texas -- using vehicles equipped with hidden compartments to transport cocaine and cash.

65 people have been indicted in the BMF case, most of which have pleaded guilty and half have been sentenced, the U.S. Attorney's Office told the paper.

In massive seizures in the case, the government has taken more than $19 million in assets from ring members -- including 13 homes, 35 vehicles, over $5 million in cash, and millions of dollars worth of jewelry.

One of the best-known defendants in the case was famed jeweler Jacob Arabov (aka Jacob The Jeweler) who, back in June, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison, and fined $50,000 for lying to federal agents investigating the drug ring. He was originally arrested for conspiring to launder money for the BMF.

Source: http://www.ballerstatus.com/article/news/2008/09/5454/

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Comment by Ty Nitty on September 14, 2008 at 11:40am: That's fucked up but BMF lives on. They took them niggas off the street cause they had too much money. They gave the government $270 milli, that means they probably got 200 hid. They won't have to want for anything in there but freedom.

Comment by Stikk-Mann on September 14, 2008 at 11:53am: they both got 30- but still we move on........

Comment by cye young on September 14, 2008 at 1:07pm: man i feel ya slick....dammn....i knew meech was big but when i read diss yesterday....i was like damn 270mill.....i see why they went hard on em.....the world is bmf....dats fucked up....iy....

Comment by Mr313 on September 14, 2008 at 1:30pm: Free Big Meech and Southwest T! Keep ya'll heads up!

Comment by Clark Wade on September 14, 2008 at 1:32pm: all i got to say is damn!!!!!!!!!

Comment by ROCK STAR on September 14, 2008 at 1:46pm: 30 yrs...... MMMMMMMMMM. thats a nice lil bid 2 walk off but one thing them niggas got is RESPECT and they real so when they go 2 jail they can still walk like kings i mean ur freedom is takin but life dont stop ....shit they could have got more time than that...............in that situation i would have took the same deal.....but when they come home aww shit look out thats even more clout.......L.O.A.D.B =Last Of A Dying Breed

Comment by Lace Mob G.F.G on September 14, 2008 at 1:59pm: I guess Jeezy said it best "u get mo time 4 sellin dope dan murder"BMF will live on........

FREE DAT MEECH AND SOUTHWEST T

Comment by Qualin on September 14, 2008 at 2:10pm: all the real niggas either dead or iin jail..thas wat jeezy said, free big meech and southwest t