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Sean Kingston was sentenced on Friday to three and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release

The news comes after his mother Janice Turner was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release in July

The singer and his mother were found guilty of fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud earlier this year; the duo stole over $1 million, according to prosecutors

Sean Kingston (real name Kisean Paul Anderson) has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison as well as three years of supervised release, according to CBS News Miami and Local 10 , for his role in a $1 million fraud scheme.

According to the Associated Press , Kingston apologized to U.S. Judge David Leibowitz before receiving his sentence and claimed

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