Sean Kingston was sentenced to 42 months (3.5 years) in prison on Friday (Aug. 15) after being convicted of federal wire fraud over a scheme to steal more than $1 million in high-end cars, jewelry and other luxury goods.

At a sentencing hearing in Florida federal court, Judge David S. Leibowitz also ordered Kingston (Kisean Paul Anderson) to serve 3 years’ probation over the scheme, in which jurors found the “Beautiful Girls” singer guilty in March of defrauding luxury goods vendors of more than $1 million.

Ahead of sentencing, Kingston had pleaded with the judge to sentence him to only house arrest, citing his charitable work in the community and his lack of previous convictions. But Leibowitz stuck closer to the sentencing guidelines, which called for more than five years, according to

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