Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were accused of fraud worth more than $1 million and indicted by a grand jury.
The “Beautiful Girl” rapper, 34, and his 61-year-old mother appeared in federal court Friday after a Miami grand jury returned an indictment charging the pair, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. The mother and son falsely claimed that they purchased high-end items such as special vehicles and jewelry through bank transfers.
conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud charges, The agency statedstemming from their alleged involvement in “a scheme to defraud victim sellers of high-end specialty vehicles, jewelry and other merchandise purchased by the defendants through the use of fraudulent documents.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office further stated that Kingston and Turner “unfairly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had made bank wires or other monetary payment transfers to pay for defendants’ purchases of vehicles, jewelry, and other merchandise when in fact they had not.” such bank wire transfer or other merchandise”. The alleged bank had executed other currency payment transfers, after which the defendants retained or attempted to retain vehicles, jewelry and other goods without payment. Through the execution of the scheme, the defendants obtained more than $1 million in property.
according to Associated PressCiting the federal indictment, Kingston and Turner are accused of stealing nearly $500,000 in jewelry, more than $200,000 from Bank of America, $160,000 from a Cadillac Escalade dealership, and $160,000 from First Republic. More than $100,000 was stolen from the bank and $86,000 was stolen from the custom bed manufacturer.
Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison on each count.
The indictment comes more than two months after Kingston was arrested at a military base in California, where he was performing. Extradited to Florida The following SWAT raided his home in Florida, where Turner was arrested.
The May 23 raid comes more than two months after Ver Ver Entertainment sued the Jamaican-American singer in Broward County, claiming Kingston signed a contract in 2023 to sell and install a massive 232-in. television and a powerful sound system in his Florida home.
Kingston allegedly hyped up his relationship with Justin Bieber and tried to “induce” him, according to court documents obtained by The Economic Times [Ver Ver Entertainment] Accept credit for much lower down payments and purchase prices, [Kingston] promised [Ver Ver Entertainment] He will make a promotional video [his] Working with Mr. Bieber.
The company alleges that Kingston wired $30,000 to the company to begin manufacturing the TVs, but after they were installed in December, he never paid the remaining balance.
Ver Ver Entertainment claims Kingston “never had any intention to pay any fees” [Ver Ver Entertainment] Full credit to its huge TV and sound system.
Kingston was serving a two-year suspended sentence for trafficking in stolen property when he was arrested in May. Turner previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud for the theft of $160,000. Federal court records show she served more than a year in prison.
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