The verdict is in for Sean Kingston‘s federal fraud trial.
The “Beautiful Girls” singer (real name Kisean Anderson) and his mom Janice Turner were each found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud at a Florida courthouse on March 28, according to NBC News.
The two will be sentenced on July 11, with Kingston, 35, confined to house arrest for the time being. Meanwhile, Turner, 61, has been remanded into federal custody.
The mother-son duo were accused of scamming $1 million worth of items from vendors of luxury cars, jewelry and other high-end goods by “falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers,” per a press release from the Southern District of Florida’s U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Kingston was arrested in California on May 23, 2024, hours after his mother was taken into police custody during a raid on his Florida rental home. He waived his right to fight extradition and was transported to Florida, where he and his mom posted bail and pled not guilty to their charges.
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