'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah owes her attorney over $124,000 in unpaid legal fees from charges related to a telemarketing scheme she pleaded guilty to, the lawyer says.
In a federal court filing, attorney Priya Chaudhry said Shah owes $124,422.95 in unpaid fees and expenses.
Chaudhry filed a motion asking to withdraw as counsel last month, saying Shah had failed to pay her firm and was in breach of their contract, court documents say. The law firm made several unsuccessful collections attempts and Shah was notified of her debts last month at the minimum-security federal prison in Bryan, Texas, where she is serving a 6½-year sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the documents.
Shah, a “Real Housewives" regular known for flaunting her lavish lifestyle, entered a guilty plea to the charge in July, admitting that she conspired to defraud older and computer-illiterate people through a multistate telemarketing scheme that sold what prosecutors described as"essentially non-existent" services.
The scheme, which the Justice Department said began in 2012 and continued until 2021, included an in-person sales team that would fight consumer efforts to obtain refunds.She agreed to forfeit $6.5 million and pay restitution of up to $9.5 million. She is expected to
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