Jen Shah

After she was arrested, Shah used the catchphrase “the only thing I'm guilty of is being Shah-mazing” on the show.

Last month, Todd and Julie Chrisley, the stars of the USA Network’s Chrisley Knows Best were sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison after being found guilty of bank and tax fraud. Just one week before the trial was supposed to start, Shah pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. [said](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/reality-show-cast-members-charged-running-nationwide-telemarketing-fraud-scheme) Shah and Smith “defrauded hundreds of victims” and “generated and sold ‘lead lists’ of innocent individuals for other members of their scheme to repeatedly scam” adding they “built their opulent lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable, often elderly, working-class people.” Smith has not yet been sentenced, and several others who were charged in the scheme pleaded guilty and have been sentenced to several years in prison. After she was arrested, Smith pleaded guilty in November and was expected to testify at Shah’s trial, which had been delayed several times. Shah, who has starred on her Real Housewives franchise since it premiered in 2020, is known for being over-the-top and combative, making her a fan favorite. “Reality TV has nothing to do with reality, even my tagline,” she said through tears, according to

Shah was sentenced in New York City today after prosecutors told the court how she laughed at the fact one of her elderly victims called her company crying ...

Her husband, Sharrieff Shah, is a football coach for the University of Washington. She then went on a public offensive and tried to profit off the charges by selling “Justice for Jen” merchandise. 'Despite the defendant’s best efforts, she got caught. Shah herself sobbed as she read a statement to the court, claiming her reality TV persona was nothing more than an act. I want to apologize by saying, I am doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution. So this cuts against you, not for you,' the judge quipped. So it will be sometime between the two,' Judge Stein said. The elderly command the most respect. I have found solace in my volunteer work, with anti racism organizations and the LGBT community. I want to speak about who I am. Shah was supported in court by her husband, their two sons, other relatives - and her therapist. I want to speak about who I am.'

Shah pleaded guilty in July 2022 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. ... The reality star's criminal charges stem from an alleged telemarketing scheme and she's ...

"Ms. "Despite the defendant's best efforts, she got caught. Jen will pay her debt to society and when she is a free woman again, she vows to pay her debt to the victims harmed by her mistakes." "It's not as if she simply sent a computer file to someone." "I am profoundly and deeply sorry," Shah said. "No victim ever earned any of the promised returns." "She was too important. Shah's life she will remember their names," Chaudhry said of the victims. Shah knows she has devastated the lives of so many." Chaudhry said Shah is no longer selling the items and has saved the proceeds for restitution. People should not confuse, and this court is not going to confuse, the character she plays on an entertainment show with the person I have before me." She must also pay restitution to victims of the nationwide telemarketing scheme that prosecutors said targeted elderly, vulnerable victims.

Real Housewives of Salt Like City star Jen Shah has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering after insisting on her innocence ...

“Usually prosecutors will make a last best final offer and give a preview of what the offer will be if they have to start trial.” Filming for the new season began in March 2022, but it is unclear how much of the show will focus on the trial and her plea. In the US, one has a right to trial and is presumed innocent until proven guilty.” “It’s not unusual for the government and defendants to continue negotiating up to the start of trial and sometimes even after a trial has begun and witnesses have testified,” Slaten said. Slaten wasn’t surprised that Shah ultimately decided to change her plea, considering the charges of conspiracy to wire fraud and money laundering merely required the government to prove that Shah agreed to do something illegal as part of the conspiracy. The U.S Attorney’s office maintained that while Shah portrayed herself on the show as a “wealthy and successful businessperson,” she was actually participating in a fraudulent telemarketing scheme that generated lead lists of innocent people, many of them elderly, for other members of the conspiracy to contact and scam. He was frequently called on the show Shah’s “first assistant,” but at times Shah referred to him as her business partner. Later in the reunion, she tried to distance herself from him during the taping of the show’s reunion special, saying he wasn’t her partner, and after their respective indictments, Shah and Smith stopped communicating due to their legal cases. Baker, though, said she was shocked that Shah changed her plea at the last minute. “As a cooperating witness you are required, as part of any plea agreement with the federal government, to tell them everything that you know,” Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Troy Slaten said. Faced with the prospect of a drawn-out trial, the potential of a stiffer sentence, and the fact that it appeared Smith would testify against her, Shah changed her tune at the last minute and now faces up to 14 years in prison. Shah’s change of heart wasn’t all that surprising considering that the same day the 48-year-old reality star was arrested while filming her Bravo show and about to embark on a girls’ trip with the other Housewives to Vail, news broke that her longtime “first” assistant Stuart Smith, 43, had also been arrested.

SHAH previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “With today's ...

In addition to the prison term, SHAH, 49, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced to five years of supervised release. Sobelman, and Sheb Swett are in charge of the prosecution. She directed others to lie, she put businesses and bank accounts in the name of others, she required payment in cash, she instructed others to delete text messages and electronic documents, she moved some of her operations overseas, and she tried to put computers and other evidence beyond the reach of investigators. These individuals were lured in by false promises of financial security, but in reality, Shah and her co-conspirators defrauded them out of their savings and left them with nothing to show for it. From at least 2012 until her arrest in March 2021, SHAH was an integral leader of a wide-ranging, nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that victimized thousands of innocent people. Stein to 78 months in prison for running a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme.

Shah appeared in Manhattan Federal Court on Friday for her sentencing, where U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein, who also presided over her guilty plea in July ...

I want to apologize by saying, I am doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution.” Her six-and-a-half years sentence is less than the 10-year sentence that federal prosecutors requested for the controversial reality star in a “People should not confuse the character she plays on an entertainment show to the person before me.” [Happiness Guru Beat Burnout](https://time.com/6244601/laurie-santos-happiness-professor-beats-burnout/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230105) [She's Spent a Decade Fighting to Ban Nuclear Weapons.](https://time.com/6243350/beatrice-fihn-interview-ican-nuclear-war?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230105)The Stakes Are Only Getting Higher Stein, who also presided over her guilty plea in July 2022, handed down her sentence to a packed courtroom. Shah appeared in Manhattan Federal Court on Friday for her sentencing, where U.S.

Jen Shah, a cast member of 'The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,' has been sentenced to prison for wire fraud. She pleaded guilty in July.

She told a judge that in 2012 she took part in a massive telemarketing fraud for nearly a decade that prosecutors say cheated thousands of people nationwide. “Jen has faith in our justice system, understands that anyone who breaks the law will be punished, and accepts this sentence as just,” Chaudhry added. Stein announced that the reality star, 49, will serve a sentence of 6½ years in prison, the My actions have hurt innocent people.” “I am deeply sorry for what I’ve done. In a Manhattan courtroom, U.S.

Reality TV star Jen Shah was sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to running a nationwide telemarketing scam that bilked ...

Shah initially denied the allegations after her arrest in March 2021 and sold merchandise attesting to her innocence. Shah, 49, began selling leads on people susceptible to scams to telemarketers around 2012 and later ran her own sales floor where underlings cold-called elderly victims offering bogus business opportunities, according to court documents. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story