Jen Shah's prison sentence reduced by one year
foxnews.comJen Shah’s prison sentence has been reduced by a year. The "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star is now expected to be released from prison in August 2028, after she was initially sentenced to 6½ years in January, according to the National Bureau of Prisons website.
Her initial release date was August 2029. It is unclear why Shah's release date was moved up. "I have spoken with my client Jen Shah over the phone this week — she is doing well and remains committed towards making her victims whole," Shah’s manager, Chris Giovanni, told Fox News Digital in a statement Tuesday. "She has initiated her payments towards restitution, and we hope to have her home as soon as possible so that she may resume life with her family and work, putting this chapter of her life behind her." Shah pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a telemarketing scheme that targeted the elderly.
Shah and her longtime assistant, Stuart Smith, were "each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing through which they victimized 10 or more persons over the age of 55, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years," the Department of Justice said in a release published at the time of their arrests.
The 49-year-old reality star detailed her emotional struggles after reporting to prison last month. "I want to run back into my husband's arms, because I know he will make this nightmare end," Shah wrote in a journal entry shared on Instagram by her husband, Sharrieff, whom she shares two children with, Sharrieff Jr.
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