US Singer, Sean Kingston Indicted in $1 Million Wire Fraud Scheme
Sean Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, has been indicted for his alleged involvement in a $1 million wire fraud scheme. Kingston, alongside his mother, Janice Turner, was charged in a Miami federal court on Friday.
According to the Daily Mail, the indictment alleges that the scheme involved making fraudulent payments through banks that were never processed, resulting in the accumulation of over $1 million in property. Kingston and Turner face one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud. If convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison for each count.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida stated that the defendants “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers.” The payments, however, never went through, allowing the defendants to obtain $1 million in property without payment.
Nearly two months ago, Kingston was previously arrested in California after a SWAT team raided his rented mansion in Southwest Ranches, Florida. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office reported that the “Beautiful Girls” artist was taken into custody on a Florida warrant for multiple fraud and theft charges. His mother was also arrested that day.
Following the May arrest, Robert Rosenblatt, an attorney representing Kingston and his mother, told the Associated Press, “We are aware of some of the allegations being made against both of them. We look forward to addressing these in court and are confident of a successful resolution for Sean and his mother.”
