{"id":99634,"date":"2024-05-24T04:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T04:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/sean-kingston-arrested-on-fraud-and-theft-charges-after-home-raid\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T04:15:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T04:15:01","slug":"sean-kingston-arrested-on-fraud-and-theft-charges-after-home-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/sean-kingston-arrested-on-fraud-and-theft-charges-after-home-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Kingston Arrested on Fraud and Theft Charges After Home Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/sean-kingston\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Kingston<\/a><span> has been arrested in San Bernardino County, California, ET can confirm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The San Bernardino County Sheriff\u2019s department confirms to ET that Kingston &#8212; whose real name is Kisean Anderson &#8212;\u00a0has been arrested and is currently en route to the High Desert Detention Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kingston was taken into custody Thursday evening\u00a0in the\u00a0High Desert community of Fort Irwin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The &#8220;Beautiful Girls&#8221; singer-rapper was reportedly arrested &#8220;without incident&#8221; for &#8220;numerous fraud and theft charges,&#8221; according to <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sean-kingston-arrested-on-numerous-fraud-and-theft-charges-hours-after-mom-police-8653426\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>The arrest comes hours after <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/sean-kingstons-florida-home-raided-by-authorities-amid-fraud-lawsuit-226055\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his rental home in Broward County, Florida, was raided by authorities<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>Sean Kingston is best known for his hit song Beautiful Girls.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">C Flanigan\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>According to the Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the department is currently working on an incident regarding a law enforcement investigation at the rapper&#8217;s home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The scope of the investigation is still unclear, but a spokesperson for the Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office tells ET that its office, Dania Beach District detectives, along with members of Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Strategic Investigation Unit and Davie Police SWAT served arrest and search warrants at Kingston&#8217;s residence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The raid resulted in the arrest of Kingston&#8217;s mother, Janice Turner, 61, who was also booked on eight charges of fraud and theft,\u00a0according to booking information provided to ET by the\u00a0Broward County Sheriff.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>The mug shot of Janice Turner, mother of artist Sean Kingston.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Broward County Sheriff<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>The investigation remains active and ongoing. ET has reached out to Kingston&#8217;s attorney for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following the raid, and not long before his own arrest, Kingston\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/sean-kingston-releases-statement-following-florida-home-raid-people-love-negative-energy-226087\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took to his Instagram Story to assure his fans<\/a><span>\u00a0that he&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; and his lawyers are &#8220;handling everything.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;People love negative energy,&#8221; the 34-year-old wrote. &#8220;I am good and so is my mother! My lawyers are handling everything as we speak.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The raid comes more than two months after Ver Ver Entertainment sued Kingston, claiming he\u00a0and the company entered into a contract in 2023 for the sale and installation of a colossal 232-inch TV, coupled with a robust sound system, at his Florida home.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>Sean Kingston performing onstage. The rapper-singer had his home raided by Florida authorities amid accusations of fraud.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Johnny Louis\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>It is alleged that Kingston wired the company $30,000 to commence manufacturing the massive TV. The company goes on to claim it installed the 232-inch TV and sound system at his home in December. Upon installation, the company claims the remaining balance was due in full, but it never received payment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to court documents obtained by ET, Kingston is alleged to have hyped up his relationship with Justin Bieber and, in an effort &#8220;to induce [Ver Ver Entertainment] to accept a much lower down payment and credit towards the purchase price, [Kingston] promised [Ver Ver Entertainment] that he would produce promotional videos of [his] corporation with Mr. Bieber.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ver Ver Entertainment claims Kingston &#8220;had no ongoing working [relationship] with Mr. Bieber, nor did [Kingston] and Mr. Bieber have any intention of producing promotional videos of [Ver Ver Entertainment&#8217;s] corporation.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The company claims Kingston made these false statements in order to get it to require &#8220;as small a down payment as possible.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ver Ver Entertainment claims Kingston &#8220;never had any intention of paying [Ver Ver Entertainment] in full for its Colossal TV and sound system.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The company is suing Kingston for breach of contract and fraud. At this point, it&#8217;s unclear if the raid is related to the lawsuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/sean-kingston-arrested-on-fraud-and-theft-charges-after-florida-home-raid-226121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Kingston has been arrested in San Bernardino County, California, ET can confirm. The San Bernardino County Sheriff\u2019s department confirms to ET that Kingston &#8212; whose real name is Kisean Anderson &#8212;\u00a0has been arrested and is currently en route to the High Desert Detention Center. Kingston was taken into custody Thursday evening\u00a0in the\u00a0High Desert community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2139,174,20,8078],"class_list":{"0":"post-99634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-entertainment-tonight","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-sean-kingston"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}