Reality TV star Jen Shah was sentenced to six and a half years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to running a nationwide telemarketing scam that bilked elderly victims of tens of millions of dollars. | Reuters
Shah’s attorney, Priya Chaudhry, said in a statement after the hearing that her client intends to pay her debts to society and her victims.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein delivered the sentence, ordering Shah to pay more than $6.5 million in restitution and surrender a laundry list of luxury goods she acquired over the years. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement that Shah “finally faces the consequences of the many years she spent targeting vulnerable, elderly victims.”Shah, 49, began selling leads on people susceptible to scams to telemarketers around 2012 and later ran her own sales floor where underlings cold-called elderly victims offering bogus business opportunities, according to court documents.
Prosecutors asked for a sentence of 10 years in prison, saying Shah had shown no remorse and went to great lengths to conceal her crimes. Shah initially denied the allegations after her arrest in March 2021 and sold merchandise attesting to her innocence. She pleaded guilty a week before trial and said on Friday that the money she made selling “Justice For Jen Shah” apparel will go to victims.
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