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Rapper and singer Sean Kingston was booked in a South Florida county jail to face charges that he allegedly defrauded businesses out of $1 million worth of jewelry, cars and services.
The 'Locked Up' singer was arrested in California on May 23 and was extradited to Florida late Sunday, according to jail records obtained by DailyMail.com.
Kingston is expected to appear before a judge on Monday.
Sean Kingston was booked into Broward County Jail on Sunday. He faces multiple felony charges for allegedly defrauding banks and businesses of over $1 million
Kingston's mother Janice Turner was arrested in May after a SWAT team raided their South Florida home
Prosecutors allege Kingston, 34, and his mother Janice Turner, 61, conducted an organized scheme and alleged they stole $480,000-worth of jewelry, furniture and a Cadillac Escalade worth $159,701.49.
Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Anderson, is also accused of grand theft over a custom bed worth $86,568.33.
The mother and son have been charged with conducting an organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, identity theft and related crimes, according to arrest warrants released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
Janice Turner spent four days behind bars after the SWAT raid
Authorities swarmed Kingston's Florida mansion
Aerial view of Kingston's massive Florida property. Prosecutors claim Kingston and his mother committed more than a million dollars in fraud in recent months
A SWAT team raided Kingston’s rented mansion in suburban Fort Lauderdale in May where Turner was arrested in the raid.
Kingston was arrested at Fort Irwin, an Army training base in California’s Mojave Desert where he was performing.
Investigators also allege that from October to March the mother and son stole more than $200,000 from Bank of America, more than $100,000 from First Republic Bank and $86,000 from the maker of customized beds.
Kingston's mother Janice Turner was released from jail in bail. The mother and son are seen here at an event in 2012
The Jamaican American performer had a No. 1 hit with “Beautiful Girls” in 2007 and collaborated with Justin Bieber on the song “Eenie Meenie."
The rapper was already on two years' probation for trafficking stolen property.
Turner pleaded guilty to a 2006 charge of bank fraud and served nearly two years in prison.
The two are still embroiled in civil lawsuits filed by several businesses, including an entertainment systems company that claims Kingston failed to pay $120,000 of a $150,000 bill for a 232-inch television that was installed at the Florida mansion.
The company claimed Kingston told them he and Justin Bieber would film commercials for them if they gave him a low down payment and credit.
The commercial never happened, the company claims.
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