Overview

• A federal jury in March convicted Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, of one conspiracy count and four wire-fraud charges after finding they used celebrity status to dupe sellers of luxury goods
• U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz denied Kingston’s bid to delay his surrender and ordered him into custody immediately upon imposing the prison term
• Prosecutors presented evidence of over $1 million in losses, citing falsified wire-transfer documents, fake bank receipts and social-media solicitations for high-end vehicles, electronics and jewelry
• Turner received a five-year sentence in July and admitted at trial that she falsified payments to “protect” her son from scammers
• Kingston faces a restitution hearing within 90 days to set victim compensation and his legal team is weighing post-conviction options, including appeals