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"Beautiful Girls" vocalist Sean Kingston and his ma Janice Turner received a blameworthy verdict successful their fraud tribunal proceedings aft being accused of scamming vendors retired of $1 cardinal worthy of goods.
Sean Kingston Arrested connected Fraud and Theft Charges After Police Raid His Florida Home
The verdict is successful for Sean Kingston's national fraud trial.
The "Beautiful Girls" vocalist (real sanction Kisean Anderson) and his ma Janice Turner were each recovered guilty on 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate ligament fraud and 4 counts of ligament fraud astatine a Florida courthouse connected March 28, according to CBS News.
The 2 volition beryllium sentenced connected July 11, with Kingston, 35, confined to location apprehension for the clip being. Meanwhile, Turner, 61, has been remanded into national custody.
The mother-son duo were accused of scamming $1 cardinal worthy of items from vendors of luxury cars, jewelry and different high-end goods by "falsely representing that they had executed slope wire oregon different monetary outgo transfers," per a property merchandise from the Southern District of Florida's U.S. Attorney's Office.
Kingston was arrested successful California connected May 23, 2024, hours aft his parent was taken into constabulary custody during a raid connected his Florida rental home. He waived his close to combat extradition and was transported to Florida, wherever helium and his ma posted bail and pled not blameworthy to their charges.
During their trial, which began connected March 24, Turner testified to being irresponsible with her son's finances and creating fake ligament transfers, according to NBC 6 South Florida.
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She said Kingston had a request to support up with his personage representation done an costly lifestyle. Alleging that her lad was taken vantage of by different businesses successful the past, Turner testified she had each volition of paying and the fake documents were a mode to bargain clip truthful she could analyse the legitimacy of the vendors.
Kingston chose to not testify, with his defence lawyer arguing is closing statements that the "Eenie Meenie" creator is "still a kid successful his mind" and "doesn't get" however concern works, per NBC News.
However, the prosecution contended that was nary excuse. "There's lone 1 crushed fake documents would request to beryllium created," adjunct U.S. lawyer Marc Anton said. "To instrumentality someone."
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