Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother guilty of fraud
Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother were found guilty on all counts in their federal wire fraud trial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday.
A jury delivered the convictions after 3 1/2 hours of deliberation.
Janice Turner was remanded into federal custody, where she was ordered to remain until sentencing, scheduled for July 11.
Kingston was ordered to be confined to house arrest with electronic monitoring. He must post a surety bond of a home valued at $500,000 and $200,000 in cash, according to the court.
Kingston was also scheduled to be sentenced on July 11.
Kingston, 34, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, and his mother, 61-year-old Turner, were accused of defrauding a jewelry business, a luxury bed company, a used luxury and exotic car dealership, and a luxury microLED TV company, arrest warrants said.
Kingston was arrested in Fort Irwin, California, in May on a warrant issued by Florida’s Broward Sheriff’s Office after a SWAT team raided his home in Southwest Ranches, a community in Broward.
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