Sean Kingston Found Guilty of Wire Fraud, Facing Decades in Prison

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Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Sean Kingston and his mother were found guilty of wire fraud in their $1 million federal trial, facing decades in prison.

The jury deliberated for three hours today in Broward County court, reports CBS News, to find the 35-year-old singer (born Kisean Paul Anderson) and his mother, Janice Turner, guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Sentencing will take place for both on July 11. Trouble began for Kingston in May 2024, when he and Turner were arrested on theft charges following a SWAT raid on his South Florida mansion.

The raids were conducted in the wake of a lawsuit filed against Kingston for allegedly not paying for luxury items. An attorney for the individual who sued Kingston noted that he used “basically a script, he says that he works with Justin Bieber, and obviously puts on a big show here, this is a rental house, he doesn’t own it, and he lures people using his celebrity into having them release things without him paying for it and then he simply never pays.” Two months later, Kingston and Turner were indicted in Miami federal court and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.