Sean Kingston is facing 10 counts of fraud and theft after authorities raided his Florida mansion, detained his mother and arrested him in California.
According to arrest warrants issued by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and obtained by PEOPLE, the “Me Love” singer was arrested on one count of organized fraud, four counts of criminal use of personally identifiable information, two counts of grand larceny larceny over $100,000, one count of grand larceny over $20,000 and one count of fraud and was charged with a probation violation.
As part of these charges, the document reveals that Kingston, 34, and his mother, Janice Turner, 61, allegedly robbed a jewelry store, a car dealership and several other businesses of hundreds of thousands of kuna.
Specific details were not included in the arrest warrant, but the “Take You There” singer is alleged to have stolen nearly $500,000 worth of jewelry, $160,000 from an Escalade dealer, $86,000 from a custom bed manufacturer and more.
Sean Kingston arrested on ‘numerous fraud and theft charges’ hours after mum: Police
Prior to his arrest, Kingston was already on two years of probation for trafficking in stolen property. Turner, meanwhile, faces a total of eight charges of one count of organized fraud scheme, three counts of criminal use of personally identifiable information, two counts of felony theft over $100,000, one count of felony theft over $20,000 and one count of fraud.
The “Beautiful Girls” singer was arrested on May 23 after a search of the South Florida mansion he was renting. After the raid, his mother was taken into custody in Florida, but he was in California for a performance.
“Kisean Anderson, aka Sean Kingston, was arrested tonight by police in Fort Irwin, California, without incident on a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest warrant for numerous fraud and theft charges,” the Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE in a statement. “According to investigators, he will be booked into a jail in San Bernardino, California.”
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Sean Kingston performs in California in July 2023.
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Turner was arrested on her own fraud and theft charges, and the Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE that arrest and search warrants were served at the Southwest Ranches residence following an ongoing, active and ongoing investigation.
“People love negative energy! I’m good and so is my mother!” Kingston wrote on his Instagram stories before his arrest. “My lawyers are handling everything as we speak.”
The Florida raid follows a February lawsuit between Ver Ver Entertainment and Kingston, which alleges the singer failed to pay for items purchased from the company.
Sean Kingston’s mother Janice Turner arrested for fraud and theft at singer’s rented villa: Police
According to the complaint, Kingston presented “numerous false statements” to the company and claimed he had a “current and ongoing working relationship” with singer Justin Bieber.
The complaint alleged that he was in breach of contract by failing to pay them as agreed after multiple collection attempts in January. According to Ver Ver Entertainment, a judgment was entered against Kingston in 2015 after he received $356,000 in watches without paying for them. Additional convictions came in 2016 and 2022 when he allegedly acquired $301,500 in jewelry and luxury watches worth over $1 million without paying.
“I filed a lawsuit against Sean Kingston,” attorney Dennis Card told PEOPLE. “A Broward County detective read my complaint and contacted me, so we went and my client and I gave a taped statement and an affidavit.”
He added that this raid has been “waiting for more than two months”.
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