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Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for $1 million fraud scheme

Headline from Fox26 Houston

The singer and his mother were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

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  1. NBC 6 South Florida

    Rapper Sean Kingston to be sentenced in $1 million fraud scheme in South Florida (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida on Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme.

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for $1 million fraud scheme (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced on Friday to three and a half years in prison after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in South Florida.

  3. Fox26 Houston

    Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for $1 million fraud scheme (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    The singer and his mother were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

  4. New York Post

    Rapper Sean Kingston to be sentenced for $1M fraud scheme in South Florida (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Sean 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.

  5. The Hollywood Reporter

    Sean Kingston Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud Scheme (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Sean Kingston has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for the wire fraud scheme he and his mother were found guilty of.

  6. New York Post

    Rapper Sean Kingston gets 3.5 year prison sentence for $1 million fraud scheme (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    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. U.S. Judge David Leibowitz sentenced Turner last month to five years in prison.

  7. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in prison in $1M fraud scheme in South Florida (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years prison on Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in South Florida.

  8. WFMZ Allentown

    Rapper Sean Kingston to be sentenced for $1 million fraud scheme in South Florida (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida on Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme.

  9. Los Angeles Times

    Sean Kingston is sentenced to 3½ years in prison after mom got 5 years for fraud scheme (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Sean Kingston will spend 3½ behind bars, a judge decided Friday, for his involvement in a $1-million fraud scheme. His mom is serving 5 years for the same crime.

  10. Rolling Stone

    Sean Kingston Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Fraud Scheme Topping $1 Million (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    Sean Kingston was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison Friday after he and his mother were convicted in $1 million fraud scheme.

  11. Variety

    Sean Kingston Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison Over Fraud Scheme (opens Variety)

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    Variety's feed description

    Sean Kingston has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison over million-dollar fraud scheme.

  12. NBC News

    Rapper Sean Kingston to be sentenced to prison for wire fraud (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Rapper Sean Kingston will be sentenced to federal prison on Friday after a jury found him and his mother guilty of wire fraud earlier this year

  13. CBS News

    Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to over three years in prison for million-dollar fraud scheme (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Last March, Kingston was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

  14. CBS News

    Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to over 3 years in prison for million-dollar fraud scheme (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Last March, Kingston was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

  15. The Guardian

    Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for $1m wire fraud scheme (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    The Beautiful Girls singer and his mother were convicted in March of accruing luxury items through falsified payments

  16. Fortune

    Judge sends singer Sean Kingston to jail for over 3 years: 'He is a thief and a conman, plain and simple' (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    Kingston and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were convicted in March by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

  17. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Sean Kingston is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for $1 million fraud (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Singer Sean Kingston was given a three-and-a-half-year federal prison stay for defrauding jewelers and other businesses out of more than $1 million, records show.

  18. WTOP Washington DC

    Singer Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for $1 million fraud scheme (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Singer Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in…

  19. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced in $1M fraud scheme | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Friday in connection with a $1 million fraud scheme in which he used his celebrity status to obtain high-end merchandise — including a bulletproof Cadillac Escalade — from sellers whom he did not pay.

  20. The Brunswick News

    Singer Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years for $1 million fraud scheme (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The Brunswick News's feed description

    Months after being convicted of a high-end fraud scheme in South Florida, Grammy-winning singer Sean Kingston was sentenced on Friday to three-and-a-half years in prison and three years of supervised

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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