Sean Kingston was temporarily taken back into federal custody after failing to pay his $100,000 (£75,360) bond.
The Miami-born singer and rapper – real name Kisean Paul Anderson – was found guilty of wire fraud last month, as was his mother Janice Turner.
They both face decades in prison after being found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four other counts of wire fraud. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Both Kingston and Turner will be sentenced on July 11.
According to prosecutors, the pair were behind a scheme involving more than $1million (£753,778) in unpaid purchases.
Now, WSVN reports that lawyers for Kingston admitted at a court hearing yesterday (Tuesday April 15) that the musician was unable to pay the $100k bond.
The judge subsequently ordered Kingston back into custody at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, Florida, where he would remain until his sentencing this summer – unless he came up with the money.
However, his attorney Zeljka Bozanic later told TMZ that Kingston’s bond had “been posted and he [was] in the process of being released”. He is reportedly now back in home detention. Kingston is said to be under GPS monitoring, and must surrender his passport.
The outlet claimed that Kingston was initially unable to come up with the cash bond, and said some unnamed celebrity friends were trying to help him out.
Kingston and his mother were arrested last May following a SWAT raid on his South Florida mansion. The raids were conducted in the wake of a lawsuit filed against him for allegedly not paying for luxury items.
During the raid, Turner was arrested on “numerous fraud and theft charges”. It was also reported that Kingston was not home at the time of the police raid. BBC News claimed that Kingston was arrested in California, hours after the raid.
An attorney for the individual that sued Kingston said the singer used “basically a script, he says that he works with Justin Bieber, and obviously puts on a big show here, this is a rental house, he doesn’t own it, and he lures people using his celebrity into having them release things without him paying for it and then he simply never pays”.
Two months after the raids, Kingston and Turner were indicted in Miami federal court and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.
The indictment was made in connection to a scheme to defraud victim sellers of high-end vehicles, jewellery and other goods purchased through fraudulent documents.
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