Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member sentenced to over six years in prison in telemarketing fraud scheme - CNN

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Jennifer Shah, a formed subordinate connected Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” was sentenced to six and a fractional years successful situation for defrauding thousands of victims successful a long-running telemarketing strategy that targeted the aged and vulnerable.

Judge Sidney Stein ordered the condemnation of 78 months, on with 5 years of supervised release.

Shah – the latest world fig whose fraud was exposed by their fame-seeking over-the-top lifestyle – had asked for a three-year sentence.

She had faced up to 14 years nether the sentencing guidelines.

Shah’s defence attorney, Priya Chaudhry, released a connection connected Friday, stating Shah “deeply regrets the mistakes that she has made and is profoundly atrocious to the radical she has hurt.”

“Jen has religion successful our justness system, understands that anyone who breaks the instrumentality volition beryllium punished, and accepts this condemnation arsenic just,” the connection said. “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.”

Judge Stein called Shah an “integral” subordinate of the decade-long fraud scheme.

Shah, who was wearing a camel pantsuit, blouse, and leopard people stiletto heels, said, her dependable cracking, “First and foremost I americium profoundly atrocious for what I person done. I instrumentality afloat work for my actions and I’m doing each I tin to hole the harm I person caused.”

“I’m truthful atrocious for the agony and important fiscal nonaccomplishment each of you person endured,” she said of the victims.

Shah broke down sobbing arsenic she apologized to her hubby and 2 sons, who were contiguous successful the packed courtroom.

Shah, who was arrested successful March 2021, pleaded blameworthy successful July. Prosecutors asked for 10 years successful prison.

Stein questioned Shah’s lawyer wherefore Shah’s written connection said thing astir her interest for the victims of the fraud and pointed retired however she took steps to fell her fraud, including moving slope accounts to Kosovo and Cyprus.

Prosecutor Robert Sobelman said the grounds would beryllium “devastating” if the lawsuit had gone to trial. He said Shah showed nary remorse toward the victims and her texts messages revealed she was laughing with co-conspirators astir them, asking if they had gotten 1 unfortunate to “stop crying yet.”

Before the sentencing was underway Shah sat adjacent to her husband, Sharrieff Shah, who clasped her hand. Her 2 sons were seated connected the different broadside of her.

Roughly 20 of Shah’s household members and friends took up 4 rows of seats successful the courtroom, which was astatine capableness with reporters, fans of the amusement and others successful attendance.

Missing from the benches were immoderate of her castmates from the world series.

Shah’s lawyer said she is nary longer selling “Free Jen” oregon “Justice for Jen” merchandise connected her website and immoderate proceeds would spell toward paying backmost victims.