Disgraced 'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah to be sentenced Friday in fraud scheme - New York Post

Disgraced “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” prima Jen Shah volition beryllium sentenced by a national justice successful Manhattan Friday for running a yearslong telemarketing scam that targeted aged Americans. 

Federal prosecutors privation Judge Sidney Stein to manus the fallen world TV prima up to 10 years successful situation over the scheme, arguing she helped siphon the beingness savings of her victims for astir a decade. 

“At the defendant’s direction, victims were defrauded implicit and implicit again until they had thing left,” prosecutors wrote successful their sentencing submission. 

Disgraced “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” prima Jen Shah is acceptable to beryllium sentenced for her relation successful a telemarketing scam.Alec Tabak for NY Post

“[Shah] and her co-conspirators persisted successful their behaviour until the victims’ slope accounts were empty, their recognition cards were astatine their limits, and determination was thing much to take,” they wrote.

Shah, 49, pleaded blameworthy successful July to 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate ligament fraud for providing “leads” astir who to people to a unit of telemarketers that duped victims into investing successful dubious online projects. 

The scammers offered their marks bogus concern services opening successful 2012 — past pocketed the currency and provided the victims “products” and “services” that were of small oregon nary value. 

Shah pleaded blameworthy successful July to 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate ligament fraud.Heidi Gutman/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

At her plea hearing, Shah told Judge Stein she knew the services being offered were fundamentally worthless. 

“From 2012 to March 2021 successful the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, I agreed with others to perpetrate ligament fraud,” Shah said. 

“I did this by knowingly providing lawsuit names to radical who were selling concern services that had small oregon nary value,” she added. 

Federal prosecutors person asked Judge Sidney Stein to condemnation Shah to 10 years successful prison.Gabe Ginsberg/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Shah’s defence attorneys argued successful their ain sentencing submission that she should service 3 years successful prison, arguing that portion she played a important relation successful the fraud, she was not a person of the operation. 

“Ms. Shah’s portion of the puzzle, though important, was not capable to transportation retired this fraud without these different important pieces controlled and directed by experienced criminals (who were not Ms. Shah),” her attorneys wrote. 

“There is neither crushed nor grounds to spot Ms. Shah astatine the ‘Godfather’ oregon ‘Kingpin’ level of this fraud,” they added.