Jen Shah is sharing her first messages from behind bars!
01.03.2023 - 00:59 / usmagazine.com
A big adjustment. Jen Shah reported to prison in February 2023, turning herself in to the Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star was sentenced to 78 months behind bars and five years of supervised release in January 2023 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in July 2022. She is also required to pay more than $6.6 million in restitution and forfeit 30 luxury items and 78 counterfeit luxury items. A second charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering was dropped after the reality star agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud.
The Utah native was arrested in March 2021 alongside her former assistant Stuart Smith and accused of participating in a telemarketing scheme that allegedly defrauded seniors of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Shah initially pleaded not guilty to all charges and maintained her innocence throughout seasons 2 and 3 of RHOSLC. (Smith, who also changed his plea to guilty, is still awaiting sentencing.)
“What I have been accused of is absolutely the complete opposite of anything I would ever do in my life,” Shah said during a September 2021 episode of RHOSLC. “If I have any fault, it is because I am too giving and I help too many people.”
When she changed her plea, however, the Shah Beauty founder admitted that she “knew” what she was doing. “I knew this was wrong,” she told the court in July 2022. “I knew many people were harmed and I’m so sorry.”
At her sentencing hearing in January 2023, the Bravo personality apologized to her husband, Sharrieff Shah, and their children, sons Sharrieff Jr. and Omar. “I am profoundly and deeply sorry,” she told her family and Judge Sidney Stein. “Reality TV has
Jen Shah is sharing her first messages from behind bars!
Jen Shah is opening up about her incarceration.
Jen Shah revealed the difficult moments with her family before turning herself into Bryan Federal Prison Camp last month for participating in a nationwide telemarketing scheme that targeted the elderly. Shah, a figure on "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City," pled guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for her role in the scam, which allegedly began in 2012 and went on until her arrest in March 2021. In January, United States District Judge Sidney H.
Jen Shah is giving her followers a look at her time in prison, where she is serving 6.5 years after being convicted of wire fraud charges.On Thursday, Jen's husband, Sharrieff Shah, took to her official Instagram account to share the first entry from her journal, which will document her time in prison at the Bryan Federal Prison Camp in Texas. Sharrieff — affectionately known as Coach — appeared in a video, almost a month since his wife's surrender, to share why it has taken so long for Jen's followers to hear from her. Coach noted that because all correspondence coming in and out of the federal prison system is screened, it took some time for him to receive Jen's first entry. Coach, who has been married to the reality TV star for 29 years, shared that it was difficult for Jen to capture her experience while inside.
In her own words. Jen Shah has been keeping the world updated on her time behind bars through her online diary since reporting to her 78-month prison sentence.
a March 9 Instagram message, which was posted by her husband Sharrieff Shah.The reality TV star recalled FaceTiming her oldest son, Sharrieff Jr., on her way to prison as he reassured her "it would be okay.""I didn't think I'd make it through the day," she said. "My worst fear and the unimaginable was about to happen — having to say goodbye to my sweet husband and precious baby Omar."From there, the 49-year-old said everything "happened so fast" and she was emotional in saying goodbye to her family, including Sharrieff.
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Jen Shah, star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, has surrendered to prison after pleading guilty for a telemarketing fraud scheme that conned people out of their money.
In a new interview, Jen Shah shared her final thoughts before she officially reported to her 78 months prison sentence.
Jen Shah has officially reported to prison on Friday, February 17, to begin her 78 months behind bars, Us Weekly can confirm.
It is time to say goodbye to Jen Shah for the next six-and-a-half years — but she isn’t going to jail without saying one last thing first.
Jen Shah reported to a Texas federal prison Friday to begin serving her 6 ½ year sentence for participating in a nationwide telemarketing scheme. "Jennifer Shah has arrived at the Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas, and is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons," a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Jen Shah has reported to prison to begin her six and a half year sentence.