A Judge Order to Put a Man in a Dress: Jennifer Shah, a “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” Cast Member, Under Telemarketing Charges
Jennifer Shah, a “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” cast member, has been ordered to forfeit more than a dozen designer and counterfeit handbags, a fox-mink stole and high-end jewelry as part of her plea deal for defrauding hundreds of victims in a years-long telemarketing scheme.
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that US authorities could begin to forfeiture jewelry, rings, designer clothing and handbags that were seized by the government to recover money from Shah’s fraud.
The government seized more than a hundred items from Shah’s home while executing a search warrant in March 2021, according to the forfeiture order. More than 70 counterfeit Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Versace handbags and jewelry were seized by authorities.
Shah and others have been accused of selling so-called “business services” to the alleged victims, including website design services to elderly individuals who didn’t own computers.
Shah is scheduled to be sentenced in a month. She is required to pay up to $9 million in restitution as part of her plea deal.
Shah’s attorneys asked the judge to ignore her portrayal on the show, where her tagline for promos is, “the only thing I’m guilty of is being Shah-mazing.”
“The terrible business decisions I made and professional relationships I developed stemmed from some personal painful experiences that I was going through in my life,” Shah wrote to the judge in a four-page letter titled, “How I got involved in the situation?”