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After more than 3½ hours of deliberation, a Florida jury on Friday, March 28, found Kingston, 34, and Turner, 61, guilty of federal wire fraud, NBC News reports.
Kingston was ordered to house arrest with electronic monitoring and must post a surety bond including a home worth $500,000 and $200,000 in cash, NBC said. Turner will remain in federal custody until sentencing in July.
Later that day, the rapper shared a photo of his mom to his Instagram story saying, "My only queen forever. I promise you this is not the end."
Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, performed at a Hoboken, NJ nightclub on Feb. 6, and apparently had several upcoming performances scheduled across the U.S., including:
- Ledyard, CT at Shrine Nightclub on April 12
- Maricopa, AZ at Copper Sky Regional Park on April 4
- Gautier, MS at The Sound Amphitheater on April 19
- Sioux Falls, SD at Sioux Falls Stadium on June 14
The charges stem from a July 2024 indictment in Miami, where a federal grand jury charged the "Beautiful Girls" singer and his mother with one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud. Each count carries a potential 20-year prison sentence, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Prosecutors say the duo scammed their way into more than $1 million worth of cars, jewelry, and high-end goods by pretending to send bank wires that never existed. According to the indictment, they would claim the payments were on the way — when they weren’t — then walk off with the goods.
They “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers,” the indictment says, “when in fact no such bank wire or other monetary payment transfers had been executed.”
The U.S. Department of Justice said the pair used these fake transactions to snatch up luxury vehicles and jewelry, and then either kept or tried to keep them — despite never actually paying.
The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and the Broward Sheriff’s Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marc Anton and Trevor Jones.
U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe, Special Agent in Charge Rafael Barros of the United States Secret Service Miami Field Office, and Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony announced the charges last year.
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