MIAMI — Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mom have been indicted in South Florida on federal prices of committing greater than $1 million price of fraud.
Kingston, 34, and his mom, 61-year-old Janice Turner, made their first appearances Friday in federal court docket, in keeping with court docket data. A Miami grand jury returned an indictment earlier this month accusing Kingston and his mom of collaborating in a scheme to defraud victims of high-end specialty automobiles, jewellery and different items by way of using fraudulent paperwork.
Kingston was booked into the Broward County jail on comparable state prices final month following a Might 23 arrest at Fort Irwin, an Military coaching base in California’s Mojave Desert the place he was performing. Turner was arrested the identical day as her son, when a SWAT staff raided his rented mansion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
In response to the federal indictment, Kingston and Turner falsely claimed that that they had executed financial institution wire or different financial fee transfers for high-end objects when no such transfers had taken place. Investigators stated Kingston and Turner then stored over $1 million price of fraudulently bought objects regardless of not paying for them.
The warrants for the state prices say that from October to March, they stole virtually $500,000 in jewellery, greater than $200,000 from Financial institution of America, $160,000 from a Cadilac Escalade seller, greater than $100,000 from First Republic Financial institution and $86,000 from the maker of custom-made beds.
The Jamaican American performer had a No. 1 hit with “Stunning Ladies” in 2007 and collaborated with Justin Bieber on the music “Eenie Meenie.”
Robert Rosenblatt, an legal professional for Kingston and his mom, didn’t instantly reply to a message searching for remark from The Related Press. He beforehand stated they appeared ahead to addressing the costs and have been “assured of a profitable decision.”
Kingston, whose authorized title is Kisean Anderson, was already serving a two-year probation sentence for trafficking stolen property.
His mom pleaded responsible in 2006 to financial institution fraud for stealing over $160,000 and served almost 1.5 years in jail, in keeping with federal court docket data.
