Sean Kingston and his mother stole more than $1 million through fraud, authorities say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Rapper and vocalist Sean Kingston and his parent committed much than a cardinal dollars successful fraud successful caller months, stealing money, jewelry, a Cadillac Escalade and furniture, documents released Friday allege.

Kingston, 34, and his 61-year-old mother, Janice Turner, person been charged with conducting an organized strategy to defraud, expansive theft, individuality theft and related crimes, according to apprehension warrants released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office.

The 2 were arrested Thursday aft a SWAT squad raided Kingston's rented mansion successful suburban Fort Lauderdale. Turner was arrested successful the raid, portion Kingston was arrested successful Fort Irwin, an Army grooming basal successful the Mojave Desert wherever helium was performing.

Kingston, who had a No. 1 deed with "Beautiful Girls" successful 2007 and performed with Justin Bieber connected the opus "Eenie Meenie," is being held astatine the High Desert Detention Center successful Adelanto, awaiting his instrumentality to Florida.

Robert Rosenblatt, the lawyer for the Jamaican-American performer and his mother, appeared earlier a justice Friday greeting on with Turner. He said that Kingston would instrumentality voluntarily if allowed, "which would prevention the authorities the disbursal of extradition and the costs of question for the detectives and Sean."

His parent was being held Friday astatine the Broward County jailhouse connected $160,000 bond.

"We look guardant to addressing these (charges) successful tribunal and are assured of a palmy solution for Shawn and his mother," Rosenblatt said.

Specific details of Kingston's and Turner's alleged crimes are not included successful the warrants, but the documents accidental that from October to March they stole astir $500,000 successful jewelry, much than $200,000 from Bank of America, $160,000 from the Escalade dealer, much than $100,000 from First Republic Bank, $86,000 from the shaper of customized beds and different smaller amounts.

Kingston, whose ineligible sanction is Kisean Anderson, was already connected 2 years' probation for trafficking stolen property. Further accusation connected that condemnation could not beryllium found.

According to national tribunal records, his parent pleaded blameworthy successful 2006 to slope fraud for stealing implicit $160,000 and served astir 1.5 years successful prison.

The 2 person besides been sued.

In 2015, a seller of customized watches successfully sued Kingston and his parent successful a New York City national tribunal for $356,000 aft they failed to pay.

In 2018, a New York jeweler successfully sued the 2 for $301,000 aft they scammed the store retired of 9 items.

More recently, a Florida amusement systems institution sued Kingston successful February, saying helium failed to wage $120,000 of a $150,000 measure for a 232-inch tv it installed successful his home. The TV is astir 17 feet by 9.5 feet and covers a wall.

He allegedly told the owners that if they gave him a debased down outgo and credit, helium and Bieber would marque commercials for them. That ne'er happened, and Kingston ne'er paid, the suit says.

The company's lawyer says Bieber had nary engagement - Kingston was falsely utilizing his name.

"He has fundamentally a income transportation that helium goes done to defraud people," said Dennis Card, the lawyer for Ver Ver Entertainment who was astatine the country during Thursday's raid successful Florida. "He induces them into giving him truly costly things. We cognize that our spot is wrong this location close here."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.