Jennifer Shah, a former star on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for defrauding thousands of people .
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed that Shah was transferred Wednesday morning from the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas to the program overseen by the Phoenix Residential Residential Reentry Management Office. The transfer means that Shah is either being held in home confinement or in a halfway house. Her projected release date is Aug. 30, 2026.
For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any individual, including reasons for transfers or release plans, nor do we specify an individuals specific location while in community confinement, BOP spokesperson Emery Nelson wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
Shah, 52, was sentenced in 2023 to 6 1/2 years in prison for defrauding people in a telemarketing scam that stretched nearly a decade. At the time, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Sobelman said she was the most culpable of more than 30 defendants accused of participating in the nationwide fraud targeting people who were often vulnerable, older or unsophisticated electronically. The fraud involved bogus services that were promoted as enabling people to make substantial amounts of money through online businesses.
Shah pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in July 2022, and during her sentencing she apologized to the innocent people she said shed hurt and pledged to pay $6.5 million in restitution and forfeiture once she is released from prison.
Prosecutors said she used profits from the fraud to live a life of luxury that included living in a nearly 10,000-square-foot mansion in Utah dubbed Shah Ski Chalet, an apartment in midtown Manhattan and leasing a Porsche Panamera. The government said she also seemed to mock the charges against her by claiming that the only thing Im guilty of is being Shah-mazing and then she profited from it by marketing Justice for Jen merchandise after her arrest.
At the sentencing, Shah apologized and said the proceeds from the merchandise would go toward victims.
I alone am responsible for my terrible decisions. It was all my fault and all my wrongdoing, Shah said, later continuing, I wish I could have stood outside myself and seen the harm I was causing and changed course. I am profoundly and deeply sorry.
詹妮弗·沙阿（Jennifer Shah）曾因诈骗数千人被判刑，在服刑不到一半刑期后，已从联邦监狱转入社区监禁计划。她此前是真人秀节目《盐湖城娇妻》的明星成员。
美国联邦监狱管理局发言人证实，沙阿已于周三早晨从德克萨斯州布莱恩联邦监狱营转移至凤凰城住宅再入管理办公室监管的项目。此次转移意味着沙阿目前或被居家监禁，或被安置在过渡教习所。其预计释放日期为2026年8月30日。
美国联邦监狱局发言人埃默里·纳尔逊在给美联社的电子邮件中写道：“出于隐私、安全和保密考虑，我们不会讨论任何个人的监禁条件，包括转移或释放计划的原因，也不会透露个人在社区监禁期间的具体位置。”
52岁的沙阿因参与一起持续近十年的电话营销诈骗案，于2023年被判处六年半监禁。美国助理检察官罗伯特·索贝尔曼当时指出，在这起针对全国范围内弱势群体、老年人或电子设备使用不熟练者的欺诈案中，她是30多名被告中罪责最重的一个。该骗局通过推销虚假服务实施，声称能帮助人们通过在线业务赚取巨额利润。
沙阿于2022年7月对共谋指控表示认罪。在宣判时，她向自己声称伤害过的“无辜者”道歉，并承诺出狱后将支付650万美元的赔偿和罚金。
检方称，她将诈骗所得用于奢侈生活，包括居住在犹他州一座近万平方英尺、绰号为“沙阿滑雪小屋”的豪宅，在曼哈顿中城拥有一套公寓，并租赁了一辆保时捷Panamera跑车。政府指出，她似乎还通过声称“我唯一有罪的就是太沙阿-神奇了”来嘲讽对她的指控，并在被捕后通过销售“为珍讨公道”周边商品从中获利。
在宣判时，沙阿（Shah）表示道歉，并称商品销售所得将用于赔偿受害者。
沙阿表示：“我独自为那些糟糕的决定负责。这都是我的错，都是我的过失。”他随后继续说道：“我真希望当时能跳出自身局限，看清自己造成的伤害并改变方向。我深感愧疚，由衷致歉。”
