Feds wish to seize jewellery from disgraced ‘RHOSLC’ star Jen Shah
The feds are coming for Jen Shah’s diamonds.
Federal authorities wish to seize two dear items of bijou from the disgraced “Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis” star, in keeping with a brand new submitting in her fraud case.
As a part of her plea deal, Shah, 49, was required to forfeit $6.5 million in ill-gotten proceeds from the sprawling telemarketing fraud scheme she helped lead from 2012 to 2021.
The feds haven’t been capable of monitor down all of the belongings she purchased with the money — however did find a diamond-encrusted silver coloured necklace with snowflake formed pendant from Utah-based Baranof Jewelers and an 18 karat rose gold and diamond ring.
Investigators from the Division of Homeland Safety wish to seize the bling to assist full the forfeiture obligation, in keeping with the Wednesday submitting.
A decide should log off on the request for it to be finalized. The submitting doesn’t embrace a price ticket of the gadgets and Shah’s attorneys have but to answer the movement.
Manhattan federal courtroom Decide Sidney Stein sentenced Shah to greater than six years in jail at a prolonged listening to in January the place the disgraced actuality star broke down in tears as she requested for forgiveness.
“My actions have harm harmless folks. I wish to apologize to all the victims and their households,” Shah mentioned and vowed to reimburse the folks she had swindled.
As a part of the practically decade-long scheme, Shah duped traders, most of them over 55, to put money into on-line tasks and offered bogus enterprise companies.
Along with offering “leads” for doable victims, prosecutors mentioned Shah oversaw a crew of telemarketers out of a Manhattan workplace and duped victims into making the phony investments earlier than the truth star took the money.
Shah copped to at least one rely of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in July 2022 after initially pleading not responsible.
She’s serving her time at a minimum-security federal prison camp in Texas, in keeping with the Bureau of Prisons web site.