Sean Kingston has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for his role in what prosecutors claimed was a $1 million wire fraud scheme.

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

In March, a jury found Kingston, 35, and his mother, 63-year-old Janice Turner, guilty of five wire fraud-related charges.