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Fri, 05/27/2011 - 07:50
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Russian boxer sentenced in US
NEW YORK, May 27 (Itar-Tass) -- The federal court in New York
sentenced Russian professional boxer Andrei Nevsky, 26, to three years in
prison for joining a drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped tons of
marijuana into the United States.
Nevsky was convicted on Thursday of trafficking, but acquitted of
money laundering and smuggling.
The boxer came to the United States on a student visa in 2005 and
lived in Boston. He spent nearly two years in jail.
His lawyer said Nevsky is expected to get out of prison in 10 months
and will be deported to Russia. He said Nevsky was recruited simply to
drive a car to the Mohawk reservation by the border and knew little about
the enterprise.
"I have disgraced myself and my family," Nevsky told the judge. "It
was all okay for me in the United States, but now everything is over
because of my stupidity."
Nevsky has mother and sister back in Russia. He will be barred from
entry to the United States forever.
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sentenced Russian professional boxer Andrei Nevsky, 26, to three years in
prison for joining a drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped tons of
marijuana into the United States.
Nevsky was convicted on Thursday of trafficking, but acquitted of
money laundering and smuggling.
The boxer came to the United States on a student visa in 2005 and
lived in Boston. He spent nearly two years in jail.
His lawyer said Nevsky is expected to get out of prison in 10 months
and will be deported to Russia. He said Nevsky was recruited simply to
drive a car to the Mohawk reservation by the border and knew little about
the enterprise.
"I have disgraced myself and my family," Nevsky told the judge. "It
was all okay for me in the United States, but now everything is over
because of my stupidity."
Nevsky has mother and sister back in Russia. He will be barred from
entry to the United States forever.
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