Jen Shah

2022 - 7 - 11

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'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' star Jen Shah pleads guilty in ... (NBC News)

Jen Shah, the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star charged with running a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday.

I run a lot of different companies and businesses, and a lot of them have different roles in the companies,” she said. She replied: “My background is in direct response marketing for about 20 years, so our company does advertising. The series also highlighted her group of assistants dubbed the “Shah Squad.” She is married to Sharrieff Shah, a cornerbacks/special teams coordinator for the University of Utah football team. “I need a lot of help, you know? Smith also pleaded not guilty to the charges in April 2021.

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'Real Housewives' Jen Shah Pleads Guilty—Could Face Up To 14 ... (Forbes)

Shah's assistant, Stuart Smith, was charged with the same counts, but pleaded guilty in November and was expected to testify against her at next week's trial.

Shah is not the first Housewives star to go to prison. The moments of her arrest were captured on camera during the show’s second and most-recent season, showing a team of federal agents hunting for Shah in a parking lot when the cast members were supposed to depart for a vacation. Shah, who was arguably the star figure on the newer Housewives franchise, became known for her over-the-top lifestyle and over-the-top temper.

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Jennifer Shah, 'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' cast member ... (CNN)

Jennifer Shah, a cast member of the "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City," pleaded guilty Monday to defrauding hundreds of victims, including some elderly, ...

Shah and others also identified and sold as "leads" the names of individuals who, prosecutors allege, they knew would be defrauded by others involved in the alleged scheme. Prosecutors said Shah oversaw a sales floor personally and supervised the salespeople who lied directly to the victims of the scheme. "Jennifer Shah was a key participant in a nationwide scheme that targeted elderly, vulnerable victims.

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Jen Shah, 'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' Star, Pleads Guilty in ... (The Wall Street Journal)

Jennifer Shah, one of the stars of Bravo reality TV show “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” pleaded guilty to defrauding hundreds of people through a ...

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'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' star Jen Shah admits fraud (Los Angeles Times)

Jennifer Shah, 48, of Park City, Utah, entered the plea to a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Manhattan federal court after signing a plea ...

They said she also made numerous cash withdrawals structured to avoid currency transaction reporting requirements. Prosecutors said Shah and others delivered lists of people to purchasers of the “Business Opportunity Scheme” that actually consisted of others who had previously paid to create their own online businesses. “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” adds a novel ingredient — Mormonism — to the usual pettiness, plastic surgery and conspicuous consumption. Fletcher said Shah engaged in a fraud from 2012 to March 2021 that sold bogus services that were promoted as capable of enabling people to make substantial amounts of money through online businesses. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kiersten Ann Fletcher said Shah acted as a “lead broker,” directing what sales workers said to their victims and sharing in illegal profits, using some of the money to pay for the New York City apartment where she lived and for other personal items. A cast member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality TV series pleaded guilty Monday to a fraud conspiracy charge that could result in a prison sentence of more than 11 years.

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"Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah pleads guilty in ... (CBS News)

Shah pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing through which she victimized 10 or more persons over the ...

Many of the victims on the lead lists had previously made an initial investment to create an online business with other participants in the scheme. Shah pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing through which she victimized 10 or more persons over the age of 55. Shah, 48, now faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, according to the Department of Justice.

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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star pleads guilty to fraud charges (The Guardian)

Jen Shah was set to go to trial on allegations that she partook in a telemarketing scheme that scammed hundreds of people.

Meanwhile, New Jersey’s Danielle Staub was arrested with six kilos of cocaine and $16,000 in cash. Kelly Bensimon, a former New York housewife, was arrested in 2009 on suspicion of punching her then boyfriend. Leah Sweeney of the Real Housewives of New York was arrested in 2002 during an altercation outside a nightclub. New Jersey housewife Teresa Giudice and her husband, Joe, were indicted on fraud charges in 2013. Prosecutors dropped the conspiracy to commit money laundering charge in exchange for her plea switch. She had maintained that plea even after Stuart Smith, her assistant, changed his to guilty late last year.

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'Real Housewives' Star Jen Shah Pleads Guilty In Criminal Fraud ... (Variety)

"Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's" Jen Shah faces up to 14 years in prison, after pleading guilty to fraud ahead of her upcoming trial.

When Teresa Giudice from “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” was convicted of fraud and sentenced in 2014, her prison lead-up and eventual release was filmed by Bravo’s cameras. Bravo cameras were not in the courtroom with Shah on Monday, Variety has learned, but she will continue to film on the show. Shah was arrested and charged back in March 2021, along with her assistant, Stuart Smith, who was also a presence on the Bravo show. And the lead up to Shah’s trial has been chronicled as a main storyline for the show’s third season. At the Monday morning hearing, Shah’s attorney, Priya Chaudhry, said the reality star would like to withdraw her plea of not guilty. Under the terms of her plea deal, Shah’s sentencing guidelines are between 135 to 168 months of imprisonment (between 11 and 14 years), though the judge can choose to sentence Shah above or below that timeframe.

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