The federal government is reportedly going after Jen Shah’s earnings from her time on the reality show Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, from 2020 to 2023.
While serving a six-and-a-half year sentence in federal penitentiary for her involvement in a telemarketing scheme that defrauded thousands of victims, “Manhattan federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sign a warrant to seize 25 percent” of the 49-year-old reality star of Shed Media, Inc., according to the New York Post.
The order states that her wages “must continue to be paid to the clerk until the date Shah is released from prison on August 30, 2028.”
According to court documents obtained by the publication, the TV personality was paid as much as $34,500 per episode of Bravo’s popular unscripted series.
The court documents further stated that “25 percent of the disposable income from” the $34,500 Shed Media owes Shah “should go toward restitution.”
More drama: The federal government is reportedly going after Jen Shah’s earnings from her time on the reality show Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, from 2020 to 2023
While serving a six-and-a-half year sentence in federal penitentiary for her involvement in a telemarketing scheme that defrauded thousands of victims, “Manhattan federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sign a warrant to seize 25 percent” of the reality star’s disposable income from Shed Media, Inc, according to the New York Post; seen in January 2023
As of now, the $6,746,378 she and her co-defendants owe their victims remains “unpaid.”
Shah keeps herself busy behind bars by working on a play inspired by the Real Housewives along with her fellow inmates at her Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas.
That is what the manager of the reality star, Chris Giovanni, told TMZin April, that she is working on a production titled The Real Housewives Of Bryan.
Shah’s manager says it’s still in the early stages as she takes the time to teach some of her team how to read and write.
Giovanni told the outlet that the script revolves around the real housewives staying in prison with their personalities kicked up a notch.
Shah certainly seems to be getting the most out of prison as she is said to form strong friendships and even mentor other inmates while keeping morale high during their sentences.
The manager said she has worked in the prison’s education department and library since she was first incarcerated nearly two months ago.
She has also focused on her health as she weighs a lot of 15 pounds from working out daily, as Giovanni said she is not a fan of the food.
Has yet to make amends: As of now, the $6,746,378 she and her co-defendants owe their victims remains ‘unpaid’
The manager also said that Shah has kept her faith by fasting and praying daily during Ramadan.
Last month it was reported that she will be released from prison a year earlier than expected after being sentenced to 6.5 years for a telemarketing scheme that preyed on the elderly and the vulnerable.
Page Six reported that her prison sentence has been reduced by one year, with her release date now set for August 30, 2028.
A representative for Shah, 49, shared People in a statement that the Bravolebrity remains “committed” to making amends with its victims and hopes to return home “as soon as possible.”
“I spoke to my client Jen Shah on the phone this week – she is doing well and she remains committed to bringing her victims back to health,” Shah’s representative said.
“She has initiated her restitution payments and we hope to have her home as soon as possible so she can resume living with her family and work and leave this chapter of her life behind.”
Entertaining: Shah keeps herself busy behind bars by working on a play inspired by the Real Housewives along with her fellow inmates at her Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas
Shah, one of the most bombastic characters on the Bravo show, was imprisoned last month after finally admitting to a years-long telemarketing scam that preyed on the elderly and the vulnerable.
Her surrender to prison on February 17 came after she pleaded guilty to fraud last year – despite previously protesting her innocence both on air and on social media for months.
She was sentenced to more than six years in prison after admitting to orchestrating a telemarketing scheme targeting the susceptible elderly and vulnerable.
Shah tricked her victims into buying bogus business mentoring, before landing them in relentless subscription payments they couldn’t get out of.
During her sentencing hearing, prosecutors recounted how she laughed heartlessly with colleagues when some of the victims called them in tears, begging for debt forgiveness.
But after being jailed for the scam, Shah took to Instagram to apologize for her crime.
“I surrender to serve a sentence in federal prison today,” she wrote.
It’s the price I have to pay for the bad decisions I’ve made. People got hurt by my decisions.
“While in prison, I will work to make amends and reconcile with the victims of my crime.
“I pray that over time people will judge me by the way I responded to this sentence, rather than just the decisions that led me to prison.”
In February, Shah’s husband Sharrieff “Coach” Shah read the correspondence she sent from behind bars, recounting how she suffered a panic attack on her way to Bryan Federal Prison Camp.
“I couldn’t breathe and my hands went numb,” she wrote. “I knew I was having an anxiety attack.”
While writing about her emotions on the way to prison, the TV personality said she became overwhelmed with emotions while driving with her husband to surrender.
Inexcusable: She was sentenced to more than six years in prison after admitting to orchestrating a telemarketing scheme targeting the susceptible elderly and vulnerable
“I pulled over Coach because we had bad reception while driving and I couldn’t Facetim my oldest baby,” she continued.
“We finally connected, I saw his face and I cried so hard he assured me it would be okay.
“I didn’t think I’d make it today. It felt surreal as we drove up to Bryan FPC just minutes before we had to surrender.
“My greatest fear and the unimaginable was about to happen – having to say goodbye to my dear husband and precious baby Omar (he will always be my baby even though he is a senior in HS).”