By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 01:45 EST, 19 January 2013 | UPDATED: 06:59 EST, 19 January 2013 Ring leader: Admitted Russian mobster and former South Beach club owner Alec Simchuk, 46, has opened up to authorities after his arrest on fraud and bribery charges A Russian mobster was sentenced Friday to three years in federal prison after admitting he ran a South Beach scam that used so-called 'B-Girls' to lure wealthy tourists into secret bars where they were charged exorbitant amounts on credit cards for alcohol. Alec Simchuk, 46, hobbled into the Miami federal courtroom on a crutch because Russian thugs broke one of his legs in a vain effort to prevent him from returning to the U.S. to plead guilty and testify against his cohorts, most of whom were convicted after an 11-week trial.
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Alec Simchuk, 46, hobbled into a Miami courtroom after Russian thugs broke his leg
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Receives less time than term recommended by prosecutors from sympathetic judge
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'B-Girls', or 'Bar Girls,' conned men into ringing up exorbitant credit card bills
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