Sean Kingston and His Mother Convicted of Fraud

MIAMI - Last week, Kisean Paul Anderson aka Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were convicted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud, for their scheme to defraud luxury merchandise vendors of over $1,000,000 in property.

From April 2023 to March 2024, Anderson reached out to his victims on a social media platform seeking to purchase valuable, high-end merchandise. After negotiating a deal, Anderson would invite the sellers to one, if not more, of his high-end homes in the Broward County area. During these meetings, he utilized his celebrity status to lull the victims into a false sense of security by promising to place his victims and their products in social media promos, or by name-dropping high-profile celebrities as potential referral clients. When payment was due for the merchandise, Anderson or his mother would text the victims fake wire receipts that had been obtained by Turner as purported payment for the luxury merchandise, which included a bullet-proof Escalade, watches and a 232-inch LED TV.

When the funds never cleared, because the receipts were fake and no money had ever been transferred from legitimate accounts, the victims became suspicious, and despite numerous phone calls or text messages to Anderson and Turner, the victims were either never paid or only paid after filing a lawsuit or after law enforcement became involved.

A sentencing hearing for Anderson and Turner is set for July 11 before U.S. District Judge David Liebowitz. The defendants face up to 20 years in prison for each count.

U.S. Attorney Hayden O'Byrne for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Rafael Barros of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office and Sheriff Gregory Tony of the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) made the announcement.

USSS Miami and BSO investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marc Anton and Trevor Jones prosecuted the case.

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 24-cr-60126.

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