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Stein, who also presided over her guilty plea in July 2022, handed down her sentence to a packed courtroom. The judge attributed the crowd to Shah’s reality television celebrity in his opening statements, cautioning spectators to look beyond her media persona. “Jen Shah’s role on _The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City_, which I guess is why the courtroom is so full today, is just that, a role,” Stein said. “People should not confuse the character she plays on an entertainment show to the person before me.” > [](https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1611388050088595456) Shah, who was arrested in March 2021 and initially pled not guilty, was involved in a nationwide telemarketing scheme that defrauded thousands of people, many of whom were elderly or vulnerable. Her six-and-a-half years sentence is less than the 10-year sentence that federal prosecutors requested for the controversial reality star in a [Dec. 2022 filing](https://dam.tmz.com/document/37/o/2022/12/15/37677fb07a5a44a9958d4feb81c06aef.pdf) that identified her as “an integral leader of a wide-ranging telemarketing fraud scheme that victimized thousands of innocent people.” Conversely, Shah had requested a reduced three year sentence. During her court appearance, Shah apologized for her actions. “I am sorry,” Shah said. “My actions have hurt innocent people. I want to apologize by saying, I am doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution.” > [](https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1611402253595967488) Shah will begin her prison sentence on Feb. 17 at a facility in the Texas area. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6245168/jen-shah-sentenced-prison/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6245168/jen-shah-sentenced-prison/"},"headline":"Real Housewife Jen Shah Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud","datePublished":"2023-01-06T17:48:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:15:05.200Z","description":"'Real Housewives' reality star Jen Shah was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for her part in a fraudulent telemarketing scheme.","url":"https://time.com/6245168/jen-shah-sentenced-prison/","keywords":["celebrities","Explainer","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ab0e04258a6b8ae/698a3944e6e84a4af12afbab/jen-shah-sentencing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ab0e04258a6b8ae/698a3944e6e84a4af12afbab/jen-shah-sentencing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City - Season 3","caption":"The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City - Season 3","creditText":"Randy Shropshire—Bravo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6245168/jen-shah-sentenced-prison/","name":"Real Housewife Jen Shah Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud"}}]}] ```