Sean Kingston and His Mother Ordered to pay Restitution

Recording artist Sean Kingston and his mother Janice Kingston were sentenced 3.5 and 5 years in prison respectively, after their conviction on felony fraud charges in Miami [click here and here if you missed that].

Now Sean and his mother have been ordered to pay restitution...

From NBC Miami

Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother have been ordered to pay $38,500 in restitution to a victim after the two were convicted in a $1 million fraud scheme in South Florida.

Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were each convicted by a federal jury in March of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

The 35-year-old Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years in prison last month. His mother was sentenced to five years in prison.

A federal court on Monday ordered the pair to pay the restitution to a victim identified as "B.C." and ruled a portion of Kingston's income during and after prison must go toward the payment.

Kingston and his mother were arrested in May 2024 after a SWAT team raided Kingston’s rented mansion in Southwest Ranches. Turner was taken into custody during the raid, while Kingston was arrested at Fort Irwin, an Army training base in California’s Mojave Desert, where he was performing.

According to court records, Kingston used social media from April 2023 to March 2024 to arrange purchases of high-end merchandise. After negotiating deals, Kingston would invite the sellers to one of his high-end Florida homes and promise to feature them and their products on social media.