‘RHOSLC’ Alum Jen Shah Enters Prison To Start 6.5 Year Sentence For Role In Fraud Scheme

Jen Shah has begun her 78-month situation sentence. The erstwhile Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City star, 49, officially reported to situation connected Friday, Feb. 17, TMZ has confirmed. She is expected to service her clip astatine the Federal Prison Camp successful Bryan, Texas, according to the outlet. It’s a minimum-security situation that is described arsenic “cushy”, per Page Six. “Instead of cells, these camps mostly connection dormitory-style lodging for each inmates, it volition beryllium bunk beds,” transgression defence lawyer Doug Murphy revealed to the New York Post last month. Jen is not expected to beryllium the lone celebrated sanction locked up there; disgraced Theranos laminitis Elizabeth Holmes asked to statesman her 11-year sentence there, which starts successful April.

As RHOSLC fans know, Jen was sentenced connected Jan. 6 aft being convicted of scamming aged citizens retired of millions of dollars in the telemarketing scheme she ran from astatine slightest 2012 to March 2021. “Jen Shah profoundly regrets the mistakes that she has made and is profoundly atrocious to the radical she has hurt,” her lawyer, Priya Chaudhry told HollywoodLife at the time. “Jen has religion successful our justness system, understands that anyone who breaks the instrumentality volition beryllium punished, and accepts this condemnation arsenic just. Jen volition wage her indebtedness to nine and erstwhile she is simply a escaped pistillate again, she vows to wage her indebtedness to the victims harmed by her mistakes.” In summation to the situation time, Jen volition beryllium required “to forfeit $6,500,000, 30 luxury items, and 78 counterfeit luxury items, and to wage $6,645,251 successful restitution,” according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office successful the Southern District of New York.

Jen Shah leaves tribunal successful New York City successful Jan. 2023 (Photo: Splashnews)

Jen primitively maintained her innocence successful the scheme, but shocked fans erstwhile she pleaded blameworthy successful July 2022. She decided to admit her guilt 8 months aft her erstwhile assistant, Stuart Smith, pleaded guilty. “Ms. Shah is simply a bully pistillate who crossed a line. She accepts afloat work for her actions and profoundly apologizes to each who person been harmed,” Jennifer’s lawyer said successful a connection to PEOPLE aft she pleaded guilty. “Ms. Shah is besides atrocious for disappointing her husband, children, family, friends, and supporters. Jen pled blameworthy due to the fact that she wants to wage her indebtedness to nine and enactment this ordeal down her and her family.”

Jen Shah was an archetypal formed subordinate connected ‘The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City’ (Photo: Bravo)

Just days earlier she reported to prison, Jen debuted a caller tattoo located connected her forearm dedicated to her family. The caller ink was successful a scripted font and listed her husband’s and her sons’ names successful 1 continuous line: “Sharieff Omar Sharieff“.

Plus, connected Thursday, her lawyer issued a connection claiming that Jen plans to close her wrongs. “Jen Shah’s resoluteness to marque her victims full and to crook her beingness astir is unyielding,” Priya told PEOPLE. “She is committed to serving her condemnation with courageousness and purpose, fueled by her tendency to marque amends for the wounded she has caused and to assistance others successful her caller community.” The connection went connected to accidental that Jen plans to marque “the astir of her clip successful prison.”

The connection concluded, “Her way up volition beryllium filled with challenges, but with the unwavering emotion and enactment of her household and friends, Jen is prepared to look these challenges head-on and look from this acquisition a amended idiosyncratic who makes a affirmative interaction connected others.”

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