Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInvestigators said that when it came time to pay, Kingston or his mother would text the victims fake wire receipts for the luxury merchandise, which included a bulletproof Escalade, watches and a 19-foot (5.9-meter) LED TV, investigators said.<\/p>\n
When the funds never cleared, victims often contacted Kingston and Turner repeatedly, but were either never paid or received money only after filing lawsuits or contacting law enforcement.<\/p>\n
Kingston, who was born in Florida and raised in Jamaica, shot to fame at age 17 with the 2007 hit \u201cBeautiful Girls,\u201d which laid his lyrics over Ben E. King\u2019s 1961 song \u201cStand By Me.\u201d His other hits include 2007\u2019s \u201cTake You There\u201d and 2009\u2019s \u201cFire Burning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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