Teresa Giudice (born May 18, 1972) is a reality television cast-member and fitness competitor, best known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Besides appearing on the show, Giudice has written multiple New York Times bestseller cookbooks and was featured on Donald Trump's The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (2012).
On December 23, 2015, she was released from federal prison after serving 11 months of a 15-month sentence for fraud, while her husband and four daughters resided in the Towaco section of Montville, New Jersey. She is known for her extravagant lifestyle and highly publicized financial and legal troubles leading up to her prison sentence.
Her husband, born Giuseppe but called Joe, began his 41-month sentence on March 23, 2016
'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah to serve prison time: Celebrity lawyer on what reality stars face behind bars
foxnews.comJen Shah will go to prison after pleading guilty to charges of fraud in July. Shah will not go to trial, which was set to begin on July 18.
She pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing. In turn, count two, conspiracy to commit money laundering, was dropped. "Jennifer Shah was a key participant in a nationwide scheme that targeted elderly, vulnerable victims," U.S.
Attorney Damian Williams said in a press release. "These victims were sold false promises of financial security but instead Shah and her co-conspirators defrauded them out of their savings and left them with nothing to show for it," the statement continued. "This office is committed to rooting out these schemes whatever form they take." Jen Shah faces between 11 and 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud. (Heidi Gutman/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Shah originally faced up to 30 years in prison, but her plea deal contained a sentencing guideline, according to Courthouse News.The reality TV star can be sentenced to prison for anywhere from 135 to 168 months, or 11 to 14 years.
Shah isn't the first reality star to spend time behind bars. "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice spent almost a year in prison.
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