Sean Kingston & Mother Found Guilty of 5 Fraud Charges, Sean Placed on House Arrest Until Sentencing
Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, have both been found guilty of fraud.
On Friday (March 28), the 35-year-old rapper and Janice were found guilty of all charges by a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to CBS News.
Sean and Janice were both found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and four counts of wire fraud. They now await sentencing, and both face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count. Sean has been placed on house arrest until sentencing.
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Last year, the two were arrested and indicted for an alleged “scheme to defraud victim sellers of high-end specialty vehicles, jewelry, and other goods purchased by the defendants through the use of fraudulent documents,” according to the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida.
The allegations in the indictment state the mother-son duo “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers as payment for vehicles, jewelry, and other goods purchased by the defendants, when in fact no such bank wire or other monetary payment transfers had been executed by the purported banks, and thereafter the defendants retained or attempted to retain the vehicles, jewelry and other goods despite non-payment. Through the execution of this scheme, the defendants obtained in excess of $1 million in property.”
Shortly after his arrest in 2024, the “Beautiful Girls” singer addressed the situation on his Instagram story.