Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother have been indicted in South Florida on federal charges of committing more than $1 million worth of fraud. The Miami grand jury returned an indictment earlier this month, accusing Kingston and his mother of participating in a scheme to defraud victims of high-end specialty vehicles, jewelry, and other goods through the use of fraudulent documents.
Kingston, 34, and his mother, 61-year-old Janice Turner, made their first appearances in federal court. Kingston was booked into Broward County jail on similar state charges last month following an arrest at Fort Irwin, an Army training base in California’s Mojave Desert where he was performing. Turner was arrested the same day as her son when a SWAT team raided his rented mansion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
