Sean Kingston, right, and his mother Janice Turner at the 40th anniversary American Music Awards in Los Angeles in 2012.

Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida on Friday after being convicted of a US$1-million fraud scheme .

Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were each convicted by a federal jury in March of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud. U.S. Judge David Leibowitz sentenced Turner last month to five years in prison, but Kingston’s sentencing was rescheduled.

Kingston, 35, and his mother were arrested in May, 2024, after a SWAT team raided Kingston’s rented mansion in suburban Fort Lauderdale. Turner was taken into custody during the raid, while Kingston was arrested a

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