By Taiwo Okanlawon
Popular Jamaican-American singer, Sean Kingston has been indicted for participating in a $1 million wire fraud scheme.
Sean Kingston was indicted on Friday, alongside his mother, Janice Turner, in a Miami federal court.
The 34-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, and his mother were apprehended in California in May, after a SWAT team raided his rented South Florida mansion.
The scheme allegedly involved making payments through banks that never went through, resulting in accruing an excess of $1 million in property.
The duo were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and five counts of wire fraud. Following their alleged attempt to defraud sellers of high-end speciality vehicles, jewellery, and other goods purchased through fraudulent documents.
The United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida explained that the defendants “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed monetary payment transfers.”
Authorities were seen loading goods into a van outside the mansion surrounded by expensive sports cars.
The arrests may be connected to a lawsuit filed by attorney Dennis Card, alleging fraud over a 232-inch television installation worth $150,000.
Card accused Kingston of defrauding Ver Ver Entertainment in February by failing to make promised payments and commercials. They are asking for $30,000 and attorney fees in a trial by jury.
“He basically has a sales pitch that he goes through to defraud people. He induces them into giving him really expensive things,” Card, who represents the company, said.
