‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ star Jen Shah has requested a placement on FPC Bryan, Minimum security federal prison camp Bryan, Texas, serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence for wire fraud.
According to People magazine, Shah, 49, was represented by Chaudhry Law PLLC attorney Priya Chaudhry, who asked the judge to “recommend that Shah be held at the FPC Bryan facility in Bryan, Texas.” I requested.
The prison accepts female criminals and currently houses 544 inmates, according to its website.It’s also where Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes lived. served time 11 years in prison starting in April, According to People magazine.
Sher and her assistant Stuart Smith, a former U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, created and sold potential client lead lists, names and contacts for members of their fraud scheme. Audrey Strauss previously said in a news release.
At least 10 victims are known, all reported to be over the age of 55, according to a news release.
Shah was found guilty Friday of conspiring to commit telemarketing-related wire fraud. According to NPR.
“With today’s verdict, Jennifer Sher finally faces the consequences of years of targeting vulnerable and elderly victims,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a statement. I was. It was a false promise of financial security, but in reality the Shah and her co-conspirators had defrauded their savings and left them with nothing to prove it.”
After previously pleading not guilty, the Shah converted her plea to guilty July 11, 2022.
According to the news releaseShah and Smith were indicted on March 30, 2021 for conspiracy to commit telemarketing-related wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money.
The two had been involved in the scheme since 2012, federal prosecutors said.
According to the news release, conspiracy to commit wire fraud carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, while money laundering charges carry an additional 20 years in prison.
Originally Shah pleaded not guilty to both charges On trial April 2, 2021.
But as part of a plea bargain, a second charge of money laundering was dropped when she pleaded guilty to fraud, People reports.
She then faced 14 years in prison if convicted.
According to People magazine, Shah must appear at the Federal Prison Service to begin his sentence on February 17.
