Rapper Sean Kingston to Be Sentenced for a Luxury Goods Fraud Scheme [WATCH]

Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida on Friday after being convicted in a $1 million fraud scheme involving luxury goods and high-end merchandise, as reported by The New York Post.

Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were convicted in March by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

Janice Turner, mother of artist Sean Kingston, will appear for a sentencing hearing on Wednesday after she and her son were convicted in a $1 million fraud case in Broward Countyhttps://t.co/hLfQRVFHJj

— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) July 23, 2025

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Turner, sentenced last month by U.S. Judge David Leibowitz, received a five-year prison term. Kingston’s sentencing was delayed and rescheduled for this week.

The 35-year-old performer and his mother were arrested in May 2024 following a SWAT raid on Kingston’s rented mansion in suburban Fort Lauderdale.

Kingston, 35, and his mother were arrested in 2024 after a SWAT team raided Kingston’s rented mansion. https://t.co/ZpolAr2vAc

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 15, 2025

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Turner was taken into custody during the raid, while Kingston was arrested at Fort Irwin, an Army training base in California’s Mojave Desert, where he was performing at the time.

According to court records, from April 2023 to March 2024 Kingston used social media to arrange purchases of luxury items, including a bulletproof Cadillac Escalade, high-end watches, and a 19-foot LED television.

Prosecutors said Kingston would negotiate deals with sellers, then invite them to one of his upscale Florida residences. He allegedly promised to promote both the sellers and their products on his social media platforms as part of the payment arrangement.

Investigators said that once the goods were delivered, Kingston or Turner would send victims fraudulent wire transfer receipts showing payment had been made.

Sean Kingston Urges Judge For Less Than Three Years Sentencing https://t.co/3vH5Sd9YXi

— The Blast (@TheBlastNews) August 12, 2025

In reality, the payments never cleared. In multiple instances, victims contacted Kingston and Turner repeatedly to demand payment, but were either ignored or only partially reimbursed after filing lawsuits or involving law enforcement.

Federal authorities said the scheme defrauded multiple victims across the United States and relied on Kingston’s celebrity status to gain access to high-value merchandise without upfront payment.

Kingston rose to fame in 2007 at age 17 with his debut single “Beautiful Girls,” which incorporated lyrics from Ben E. King’s 1961 classic “Stand By Me.”

His career included collaborations with well-known artists, but his legal troubles have now placed him at the center of a high-profile federal fraud case.

Kingston faces a possible lengthy prison sentence when he appears in court Friday for sentencing.

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