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'Beautiful Girls' singer sentenced to 3.5 years in prison

'Beautiful Girls' singer sentenced to 3.5 years in prison

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US rapper Sean Kingston has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in federal prison for fraud.
The 'Beautiful Girls' singer and his mother were convicted earlier this year for participating in a million-dollar wire fraud scheme.
They stole luxury items including watches, a 232-inch LED TV, a bulletproof Cadillac Escalade and furniture, exceeding $1m (€850,000). Kingston has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. Pic: Thaddaeus McAdams / Getty Images
Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Anderson, and his mother used the rapper's celebrity status to lure victims into giving them products and when payment was due, they would send them fake wire receipts.
According to US media, Kingston apologised to the court before being sentenced and said he'd learned from his actions.
His mother, Janice Turner, was sentenced in July to five years in prison. His mother was also convicted. Pic: Alexandra Wyman/AMA2012/FilmMagic
Kingston was arrested in California last year, where he was set to perform at an Army training base in the Mojave Desert.
His arrest occurred after authorities raided his home near Fort Lauderdale in Florida, where his mother was taken into custody.
According to federal prosecutors, the rapper reached out to victims on social media, saying he wanted to purchase luxury goods and then invited them to his various homes in Florida.
The prosecutors said that he promised these victims that he would post their products on his social media and sometimes offered to refer their products to other 'high profile celebrities'.
They added that when payment was due, Kingston or his mother would send them fake wire receipts that falsely showed they'd sent over the money.
Authorities also said most victims were never paid, though several did receive payment after law enforcement got involved or lawsuits were filed.
According to CBS, text messages between the pair were shown at the trial and they were evidence of Kingston and his mother discussing the fake payment receipts.
The singer wrote: 'I told you to make (a) fake receipt.'
Kingston's lawyer Zeljka Bozanic said the singer was 'a soft guy who grew up poor when he rose to fame overnight'.
He added that the rapper still had the mentality of a teenager and didn't know how to run his bank accounts or business.
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