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Title:Mover Gets 51-Month Jail Term, Fined $439,760 for Conspiracy
Date:February 04, 2004
Type:Investigation
Summary:Hod Shlit, a foreman and driver for Majesty Moving & Storage of Sunrise, FL, was sentenced to a 51-month jail term and fined $439,760 by a U.S. District Court judge in Miami. Shlit pleaded guilty to taking part in a conspiracy in a scheme to extort large sums of money from moving customers by holding their possessions hostage. Shlit must surrender to immigration officials for deportation proceedings after completing his prison term.

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