RHOSLC Star Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
Jen Shah’s web price whilst on ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' appeared spectacular — however now she's serving time after pleading responsible to twine fraud.
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Jen known as herself "the Wizard of Oz" of marketing whilst justifying her net value.
Jen in the past instructed Bustle that advertising and marketing is “the core industry” that allegedly kept her busy for just about 20 years.
“I’m in reality a nerd at middle,” she added, explaining that she has a zeal for numbers, spreadsheets, algorithms, and “all of the other stuff everyone else finds uninteresting.”
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But in January of 2023, she used to be sentenced to prison for cord fraud, related to a telemarketing scheme she reportedly led since 2012. According to the New York Times, the scheme tricked victims (mostly the aged) into paying money for services and products that promised to help them earn a living thru their online companies. Jen apparently used the "earnings" from this scheme to fund the luxurious way of life she flaunted on RHOSLC.
Despite having an estimated internet value of $Three million, it looks like Jen will quickly be in the red. In addition to her prison sentence, she's expected to pay $6.6 million in restitution and forfeit any other $6.5 million, prosecutors mentioned in line with The New York Times.
Jen once stated she was "like the Wizard of Oz, the person behind the curtain that nobody sees, but nobody knows how things are working." That commentary doesn't sound so nice now that it has a whole new meaning.
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Jen's arrest and alleged illegal activity was a 'RHOSLC' plot point.
Jen was arrested in March 2021, and the entire ordeal changed into a major plot level of the show as she time and again denied her involvement in the scheme. She even mentioned on digicam: “The simplest factor I’m to blame of is being Shah-mazing.”
However, when she in the end pled responsible to her crimes, she admitted in a commentary that her involvement in the scheme caused hurt to its victims.
She stated: "I want to apologize to all the victims and families, and I take full responsibility for the harm I caused and will pay full restitution to all of the victims."
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Judge Stein: How will you raise the $6 million in restitiution?
Jen Shah: My supervisor is here, we are working on things.
Judge Stein: While in prison?
Jen Shah: Yes.
Judge Stein: You're nonetheless in the solid?
Jen Shah: Yes.
But how and when she can pay the sufferers has yet to be observed.
During Jen's sentencing on Jan. 6, Judge Stein specifically asked Jen how she intends to carry the $6 million in restitution, to which Jen replied that she and her supervisor will likely be "working on things" whilst she's in prison. She added that money she made from merchandise she bought in connection to her case will likely be given to the victims.
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