*Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, are challenging charges related to a $1 million wire fraud scheme.
Both pleaded not guilty during an arraignment in Fort Lauderdale and requested a jury trial. Despite their plea, their $900,000 bond remains unchanged, Complex reports.
Kingston and his mother were arrested in May and indicted in a Miami federal court for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and multiple counts of wire fraud, accused of defrauding sellers of luxury items using fraudulent documents.
As we reported earlier via CNN, Kingston and his mother allegedly obtained more than $1 million in property through their alleged scheme. Prosecutors claim Kingston often used his celebrity status to persuade vendors to “stray from their regular business practices” and provide high-end cars, jewelry, and other expensive items “before receipt of full payment.” The pair are also accused of using fraudulent documents to show they initiated payment to vendors when no payment had been made.
According to a document filed by the U.S. District Court’s Southern District of Florida, mom and son are accused of participating in a “scheme to defraud victim sellers of high-end specialty vehicles, jewelry, and other goods purchased by the defendants through the use of fraudulent documents.”
Per Complex, the filing also alleges that Kingston and Turner “unjustly enriched themselves by falsely representing that they had executed bank wire or other monetary payment transfers” as payment for the goods “when in fact no such bank wire or other monetary payment transfers had been executed by the purported banks.”
Kingston and Turner are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud. They face up to 20 years in prison on each count if convicted.
“Once the true facts come out we are confident of vindication,” stated Kingston’s attorney, Robert Rosenblatt.
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