Sean Kingston, mom Janice Turner convicted in fraud scheme
Singer Sean Kingston and his mother music for a scheme for months face that federal public prosecutors said that the targeted companies that sell high -end goods are more than one million dollars.
Florida’s jury found a pop star “Beautiful Girls” and his mother, Janis Turner, 62, each of them guilty on one charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four charges of fraud, according to legal documents reviewed by the Times on Monday. They were condemned less than a year of SWAT officers I raided the King’s King’s Palace In southern Florida.
Turner is still in detention in Miami and Kingston (born in Kissin Paul Anderson) under house arrest until the referee, which was determined on July 11. The maximum judgment of each charge is 20 years.
A legal representative of the 35 -year -old singer and mother immediately did not respond to the Times request for comment.
Swat officers landed at the Kingston house in Florida last May. The singer and his father were accused of jewelry more than $ 480,000 from someone else, and from others, with the value of Cadillac Escalade approximately $ 160,000 and the furniture costing $ 8,6500. Prosecutors said that Kingston and his mother stole more than $ 200,000 from Bank of America and more than $ 100,000 from the First Republic Bank – The allegations that he denied at the beginning.
Turner was arrested during the raid, and was Kingston Shortly was arrested near foot. Irwin In the province of San Bernardino. Federal Grand jury He accused Kingston and Warner In July. The Federal Public Prosecutors said that the mother and the son “unfairly enriched” through “representing” a lie “they implemented banking wires and other forms of payment against goods, but they kept” vehicles, jewelry and other commodities despite the lack of payment. ” They defended Unforcing To the charges in August.
According to what was stated, the jury issued its ruling after 3/2 hours of deliberations on Friday. Kingston and his mother moved away from her tears when the ruling fell, according to what he said NBC News. Kingson also urged the referrs to “protect my mother” while they were returning Turner to federal nursery, Miami News. WPLG-10 mentioned.
The director of the Times Curry Schneider editorial library contributed to this report.