Rapper and singer Sean Kingston, 34, and his mother, 61-year-old Janice Turner, have been indicted on federal fraud charges in Broward County, Florida. The pair stand accused of participating in a scheme designed to defraud their victims of high-end specialty vehicles, jewelry, and other goods using fake documents.
According to the Associated Press, Kingston and Turner were both arrested on May 23, in separate locations; Kingston during a show at Fort Irwin, and Turner when a SWAT team raided his rented mansion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The federal Indictment alleges that Kingston and Turner said that they used wire transfers to pay for the high-end items, but no transfers actually occurred. According to investigators, the pair then kept in excess of $1 million worth of items despite not paying for them.
According to the warrant for the charges in Florida, the pair are alleged to have stolen nearly $500,000 in jewelry, over $200,000 from Bank of America, $160,000 from…
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