Sean Kingston
Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison For Wire Fraud
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Sean Kingston has formally been sentenced in his federal wire fraud case … receiving a sentence near what his legal professionals requested for.
The rapper was sentenced in a Florida courtroom Friday to 42 months — which works out to three.5 years — in federal prison.
As you recognize … Sean was convicted of federal wire fraud again in March, alongside along with his mom, Janice Turner. Janice was sentenced to 5 years.
Kingston confronted as much as six years of incarceration, however his legal professionals requested the decide for leniency earlier this week … citing Sean’s squeaky clear document and quite a few good works locally. His group particularly identified he did not simply donate cash — he obtained on the market and put in lengthy hours serving to folks much less lucky than himself.
His legal professionals wished between two and two and half years whereas prosecutors had been hoping for a sentence nearer to the max. It appears the decide break up the distinction.
Sean nonetheless must pay again cash to victims of his crime … and his legal professionals requested for residence confinement so he can accomplish that — with potential music earnings going to these he damage.
Sean and Janice had been accused of swindling companies out of greater than $1 million in a fraud scheme involving jewellery, luxurious autos and different items.
The two had been convicted of falsely claiming they despatched cash transfers for items … then holding the products even after it was revealed the transfers did not undergo.
