The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah’s sentencing postponed in her federal fraud case

Jen Shah will have to wait an extra month to hear her fate after pleading guilty in her federal fraud case.

On Thursday, the judge overseeing the trial approved a request from US attorney Damian Williams and postponed the sentencing of The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City star, according to Page six.

Citing a “planning conflict on the part of several members of the government team” in a letter, the sentencing phase for Shah was moved from Nov. 18, 2022 to Dec. 15, 2022 by Judge Sidney H. Stein.

Shah, 49, faces up to 30 years in prison.

Shah and her assistant Stuart Smith were arrested in March 2021 and soon after pleaded not guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit telemarketing, conspiracy to commit money laundering and obstruction of official proceedings. E-news.

They are said to have “conned hundreds of victims,” ​​most of whom were over 55, in a nationwide telemarketing program.

Later in 2021, Smith would change his plea to guilty, but he has not yet been convicted.

Last July, Shah followed suit and changed her plea to guilty in a surprising New York court hearing.

Facing serious jail time: The real housewives star of Salt Lake City, 49, faces up to 30 years in prison; she is pictured leaving a New York court after turning her plea to guilty in July

“We used interstate phones and emails,” the reality star said in the courtroom, as reported by Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press. “I knew many of the buyers were over 55. I am so sorry.’

In exchange for her admission of guilt, the US attorney agreed to drop the money laundering conspiracy.

Initially, Shah denied the allegations and was adamant about her innocence. But now, in the wake of her admission of guilt, she has not yet publicly addressed her reasoning for the amendment of the plea.

‘Madam. Shah is a good woman who has crossed a line. She accepts full responsibility for her actions and offers her deepest apologies to anyone who has suffered harm,” her lawyer Priya Chaudhry said in a statement. People in July.

Chaudhry continued: ‘Ms. Shah also regrets disappointing her husband, children, family, friends and supporters. Jen pleaded guilty because she wants to pay her debt to society and put this ordeal behind her and her family.”

Family Matters: The reality star is married to husband Sharrieff Shah, 51, who is a soccer coach at the University of Utah; the couple is pictured at a match with their two sons

Reality World: Shah has been a cast member of RHOSLC for its entire three seasons on Bravo from November 2020; she is depicted in a scene with Heather Gay and her husband Sharrieff Shah

The Salt Lake City native and her husband Sharrieff Shah, 51, a soccer coach at the University of Utah, have been married for more than 28 years and they share two sons, Sharrieff Jr. and Omar.

While in court, Shah told Judge Stein shortly after turning her plea to guilty that she would not appeal her sentence if she received “168 months in prison or less,” which amounts to 14 years.

She also agreed to “forfeit $6 million and repay $9 million,” admitting that her actions were “illegal” during the proceedings.

Shah has been a cast member of RHOSLC throughout its three-season run that began in November 2020.

Making concessions: While Shah was in court in July, Shah agreed not to appeal her sentence if she faced ‘168 months in prison or less’, which amounts to 14 years and ‘forfeited $6 million and restitution of $9 million’