Sean Kingston, 'Oneie Meenie', was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for $ 1 million fraud scheme

Singer Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for his role in a $ 1 million fraud scheme, reportedly of Associated Press and NBC South Florida. The ‘oneie’ singer Sean Kingston was sentenced in prison. The 35-year-old artist, born Kisean Anderson, was convicted in March with his mother, Janice Turner, on several counts of fraud. In July, Turner received a five -year imprisonment and an additional three years of probationary period. Both were convicted of one of the conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four charges of wire fraud – the charges, each of which imposed a possible maximum sentence of 20 years. Earlier this week, Kingston’s legal team pleaded for indulgence and requested home incarceration instead of prison time due to the non-violent nature of the offenses. They also pointed out that Kingston repaid the majority of the victims. Kingston and his mother were arrested in May 2024 following a SWAT attack on his mansion in South Florida, led by a lawsuit in which he did not pay for luxury goods. Two months later, they were formally charged by a federal court in Miami. Prosecutors said the pair of high-end items, including luxury vehicles, jewelry and other expensive goods, cheated by using fraudulent documentation. It is alleged that payments were made by accounts that never cleared, which allowed them to collect more than $ 1 million in property without proper compensation. More about Sean Kingston Sean Kingston became known in 2007 with his hit ‘Beautiful Girls’ with a cards. Over the years, he released four albums and partnered with high -profile artists such as Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown. Kingston’s sentencing is a dramatic fall of Grace for the pop star, whose music once dominated the international maps and air waves.