Sean Kingston, born Kisean Anderson, has been indicted for his alleged role in a $1 million wire fraud scheme. The indictment, announced on Friday in a Miami federal court, also implicates his mother, Janice Turner.
According to the Daily Mail, the indictment details a scheme involving fraudulent bank payments that were never processed, leading to the acquisition of over $1 million in property. Kingston and Turner face one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud.
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.” These payments never went through, allowing Kingston and Turner to obtain property worth $1 million without making any payments.
Kingston’s legal troubles began nearly two months ago when he was arrested in California following a SWAT team raid on his rented mansion in Southwest Ranches, Florida. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the “Beautiful Girls” singer was taken into custody on a Florida warrant for various fraud and theft charges. Turner was also arrested on the same day.
After Kingston’s arrest in May, Robert Rosenblatt, the attorney representing Kingston and his mother, stated to 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.”
