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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star ‘still filming new season’ after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering charges-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro
Shah pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering.
Shah faces 30 years in prison (Picture: AP)
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Jen Shah is reportedly letting the cameras into her legal battle after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering charges.
The 48-year-old reality star was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing and faces up to 30 years in prison.
Shah agreed to forfeit $6.5million (£5.4million) and to pay restitution up to $9.5million (£7.8million), according to NBC News.
According to reports, the TV personality will continue filming for season three of the American reality series.
‘This case is a very big part of Jen’s story,’ a source said.
‘Producers don’t want us to stop following it now. They’ll keep filming with her as long as they can, just like they did with Teresa [Giudice],’ the insider added to People magazine.
The reality star is reportedly filming her legal struggles in the upcoming season (Picture: AP)
Following her plea, Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York said: ‘Jennifer Shah was a key participant in a nationwide scheme that targeted elderly, vulnerable victims.
‘These victims were sold false promises of financial security but instead Shah and her co-conspirators defrauded them out of their savings and left them with nothing to show for it. This Office is committed to rooting out these schemes whatever form they take.’
Priyah Chaudhry, representing Shah, told Metro.co.uk in a statement: ‘Ms. Shah is a good woman who crossed a line.
Shah became a series regular in 2020 (Picture: Getty)
‘She accepts full responsibility for her actions and deeply apologises to all who have been harmed. Ms. Shah is also sorry for disappointing her husband, children, family, friends, and supporters. Jen pled guilty because she wants to pay her debt to society and put this ordeal behind her and her family.’
In April 2021, Shah pleaded not guilty to running a telemarketing fraud scheme.
Assistant US Attorney Kiersten Fletcher previously asked a judge to set a $1million bond secured by $250,000 (£181,000) cash or property separately for Shah and her alleged right-hand man and co-defendant Stuart Smith.
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Fletcher told the court that the pair had ‘multiple shell companies’ and that just one of those had ‘received no less than $5million in crime proceeds over just the last few years of the scheme.
Shah became a series regular on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in November 2020.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Jen Shah for comment.
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