Sean Kingston Facing Decades in Prison Following Indictment Over Wire Fraud Charges
variety.comSteven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Sean Kingston and his mother have been indicted in Miami federal court today in connection with a $1 million wire fraud scheme.
If convicted, both face up to 20 years in prison for each of the six charged counts. The 34-year-old singer, born Kisean Anderson, appeared in court with his 61-year-old mother Janice Turner after their arrest in May.
Today, they were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud charges from their involvement in a scheme to defraud victim sellers of high-end specialty vehicles, jewelry and other goods purchased via fraudulent documents.
The United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida stated thatthe defendants “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers.” According to the Office, the alleged scheme involved making payments through banks that never actually went through, resulting in them accruing an excess of $1 million in property.
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