Jin Shah – She was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment after her arrest on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering offences, us weekly can confirm.
the The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Starr, 49, was sentenced to 78 months in prison with five years of supervised release Friday, January 6, in a New York City courtroom. the judge Sydney Stein He ordered her to report to prison on February 17.
At the hearing, Stein criticized Shah’s actions after her lawyer Priya Chowdhury She begins listing the “good things” her client has been doing lately.
“What good could you have done, call seniors and sell them jobs and they’d max out their credit cards and have the person put out an extra credit card and then sell it to other products?” Stein asked, per NBC News. “If there is good in it I want to hear it.”
The judge also noted that he did not take Shah’s turn RHOSLC into account when determining its punishment. He said, “People should not confuse, and this Court will not confuse the character you play in an entertainment program with the person I have before me.” “The other is representation and this is reality.”
Jin Shah.
Chris Haston/Bravoreality star In March 2021 with his assistant Stuart Smith. Shah, who initially pleaded not guilty, is charged with a crime Conspiracy to commit fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
during filming RHOSLCShah She claimed she felt “wrong” by the authorities. “I don’t take this lightly,” she said during an episode in March. “It is my life and most importantly it is my family’s life. I care about them more than anything else. I don’t want my children, my husband, my mother or my family to be affected by this, and so I have to fight and I have to believe in the justice system.”
Before her trial, the Bravo character Changed her plea to guilty. “In 2012 to March 2021 in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, I agreed with others to commit Internet fraud,” she said during a court hearing in June in New York City. “I knew this was wrong. I knew a lot of people were hurt and I am so sorry.”
Shah also confessed to Stein She knew her actions were “wrong and illegal”. Having previously faced up to 30 years in prison, the US Attorney’s Office The second count of conspiracy to commit money laundering offenses was dismissed.
A month later, Shah’s lawyer She processed her client’s decision to enter a guilty plea.
“Ms. Shah is a good woman who has crossed a line. She takes full responsibility for her actions and deeply apologizes to all those who have been hurt,” Choudary said. us weekly In a July statement. “Miss. Shah also feels sorry for her frustrations with her husband, children, family, friends and supporters. Jane pleaded guilty because she wanted to pay her debt to the community and leave this ordeal behind her and her family.”
Bravo executive producer Andy Cohen weighing on Shah’s future in the network before judging it. “She was sentenced on December 15th, so I don’t know what to say to people who want her to be on the show,” Cohen, 54, said EXCLUSIVELY. we in November before the sentencing date was moved to January 6. “Hopefully she won’t get any jail time at all and can come straight back…but I have a feeling she won’t be available to participate in the show.”
“Some people on Twitter said we want Jane next season,” he added. And I’m like, OK, OK, talk to the judge. “
Prior to Shah’s sentencing, several of her alleged victims had sent impact statements to the judge demanding “a punishment appropriate to the crime”. A widow who enrolled in a tutoring program said she spent thousands of dollars and began to suffer from depression that she thought could lead to suicide.
And she wrote in court documents that she obtained from we. “I don’t want the next person to suffer from any of these mental disorders, like mine. What’s normal? I don’t know now.”
One claimed he was left homeless after running up more than $30,000 in debt thanks to telemarketing scams, while another victim claimed he lost more than $100,000 and had to remortgage his house.
Addressing Shah directly, the second victim wrote: “You seemed sympathetic and persuasive, so I trusted you.” “You have been a fool. The courts may have some form of punishment for the lawless activities that have been committed, but even when you have served your well-deserved punishment, whatever that may be, our God and heavenly Creator of all things will be the one in the long run, to whom you will answer.” He’s right.”