Sean Kingston is now dealing with a hefty jail sentence after he and his mom had been federally indicted and charged with wire fraud totaling $1 million.
Final Friday (July 19), singer and rapper Sean Kingston was indicted in a federal courtroom in Miami, Florida alongside along with his mom, Janice Turner on prices related with a $1 million wire fraud scheme. The listed prices are one depend of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 5 counts of wire fraud prices with the intent to defraud sufferer sellers of high-end specialty automobiles, jewellery, and different items purchased with fraudulent paperwork. If convicted, each face a jail sentence of as much as twenty years.
Of their assertion, america Legal professional’s Workplace of the Southern District of Florida mentioned that Kingston, aka Kisean Anderson and Turner “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that that they had executed financial institution wire or different financial cost transfers.” The companies focused included a automobile dealership, from which Kingston and Turner are alleged to have stolen a Cadillac Escalade, and one particular person who alleges that the 2 stole $480,000 in jewellery from them.
An lawyer for that particular person says that Kingston’s methodology was “principally a script, he says that he works with Justin Bieber, and clearly places on an enormous present right here, this can be a rental home, he doesn’t personal it, and he lures folks utilizing his celeb into having them launch issues with out him paying for it after which he merely by no means pays.” Kingston is greatest recognized for his 2007 single “Stunning Women”, which spent 4 weeks at primary on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart. He’s labored with Bieber, Wyclef Jean, and Nicki Minaj earlier than stepping again from music.
The 34-year-old artist was arrested in Fort Irwin, California on Might 24 which was the identical day {that a} SWAT workforce and different law enforcement officials performed a raid on Kingston’s house within the Southwest Ranches suburb of Fort Lauderdale. Turner, 61, was arrested throughout that raid. Each have had their points with the legislation – Kingston can also be accused of violating a probation sentence associated to felony prices of trafficking stolen property which ends in October 2025. Turner served 16 months in jail after being convicted of submitting fraudulent mortgage functions in 2006.
