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Sean Kingston, right, and his mother Janice Turner arrive at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards on Sunday Nov. 18, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mom have been indicted on federal fees of committing greater than $1m (£774k) price of fraud.

The Stunning Women singer, 34, and his 61-year-old mom Janice Turner are accused of taking part in a scheme to defraud victims of high-end speciality autos, jewelry and different items by means of the usage of fraudulent paperwork.

Again in Could, a SWAT workforce in Florida raided the singer’s rented mansion in a suburb of celebrity-favourite Fort Lauderdale and arrested Turner over fraud and theft linked to the set up of a huge TV.

Kingston was arrested later the identical day at Fort Irwin, a US military base in California’s Mojave Desert the place he was performing, and charged with comparable offences at state degree.

The pair made their first appearances in a federal courtroom in Miami on Friday.

In keeping with the federal indictment, the mother-and-son falsely claimed that that they had executed digital financial institution transfers and different cost transfers for high-end gadgets when no such transactions had taken place.

Police mentioned they then saved over $1m price of fraudulently bought gadgets regardless of not paying for them.

From October 2023 to March this yr, the pair allegedly defrauded nearly $500,000 price of jewelry, greater than $200,000 from the Financial institution of America, $160,000 from a Cadilac Escalade supplier, greater than $100,000 from First Republic Financial institution and $86,000 from the maker of customised beds.

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Robert Rosenblatt, the lawyer representing Kingston and his mom, didn’t reply to a request for remark from The Related Press.

He beforehand mentioned they appeared ahead to addressing the costs and have been “assured of a profitable decision”.

Jamaican American performer Kingston had a primary hit with Stunning Women in 2007. He went on to collaborate with Justin Bieber on the music Eenie Meenie.

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