Sean Kingston & Mom Janice Turner Found Guilty in Fraud Trial

“Beautiful Girls” singer Sean Kingston and his mom Janice Turner received a guilty verdict in their fraud court trial after being accused of scamming vendors out of $1 million worth of goods.

Sean Kingston and Mom Janice Turner Found Guilty in Fraud Trial

The verdict is in for Sean Kingston’s federal fraud trial.

The “Beautiful Girls” singer (real name Kisean Anderson) and his mom Janice Turner were each found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud at a Florida courthouse on March 28, according to NBC News.

The two will be sentenced on July 11, with Kingston, 35, confined to house arrest for the time being. Meanwhile, Turner, 61, has been remanded into federal custody.

The mother-son duo were accused of scamming $1 million worth of items from vendors of luxury cars, jewelry and other high-end goods by “falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers,” per a press release from the Southern District of Florida’s U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Kingston was arrested in California on May 23, 2024, hours after his mother was taken into police custody during a raid on his Florida rental home. He waived his right to fight extradition and was transported to Florida, where he and his mom posted bail and pled not guilty to their charges.

During their trial, which began on March 24, Turner testified to being irresponsible with her son’s finances and creating fake wire transfers, according to NBC 6 South Florida.

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She said Kingston had a need to keep up with his celebrity image through an expensive lifestyle. Alleging that her son was taken advantage of by other businesses in the past, Turner testified she had every intention of paying and the fake documents were a way to buy time so she could investigate the legitimacy of the vendors.

Kingston chose to not testify, with his defense attorney arguing is closing statements that the “Eenie Meenie” artist is “still a kid in his mind” and “doesn’t get” how business works, per NBC News.

However, the prosecution contended that was no excuse. “There’s only one reason fake documents would need to be created,” assistant U.S. attorney Marc Anton said. “To trick someone.”

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