Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Friday in connection with a $1 million fraud scheme in which he used his celebrity status to obtain high-end merchandise — including a bulletproof Cadillac Escalade — from sellers whom he did not pay.

The federal government said that Kingston, 35, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, conned his victims into furnishing him with a 232-inch LED television, watches and other luxury goods with promises to pay, but sent them phony wire transfers.

His mother, Janice Turner, took part in the scheme, according to investigators, who said that the two of them used Kingston’s fame and influence on social media to get their victims to forgo their due diligence.

In March, a South Florida jury convicted both of them of five criminal counts, in

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