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- Jen Shah was launched from jail on Wednesday, Dec. 10, after serving almost three years behind bars
- She was initially sentenced to six-and-a-half years for a nationwide fraud telemarketing scheme, however that was later diminished a number of instances
- The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star was arrested for her position within the scheme in March 2021 and pleaded responsible in July 2022
Jen Shah has formally been launched from jail, PEOPLE can completely reveal.
The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis alum, 52, departed the Federal Jail Camp in Bryan, Texas, within the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 10, a rep for the star confirms. She has been behind bars since Feb. 17, 2023 (2 years, 9 months and 23 days) for her position in a long-running nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme.
Simply the place Shah headed after her launch is remaining below wraps proper now.
Based on BOP coverage, Shah may both have been launched to her residence or transferred to a midway home to finish the remaining portion of her sentence below supervision. And whereas a ultimate determination was made previous to her departure, that info is just not being revealed but with a view to defend her privateness.
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Shah, alongside together with her assistant, Stuart Smith, was arrested in March 2021 for allegedly focusing on 1000’s of people, together with the aged, in a nationwide fraud scheme. They have been each charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in reference to telemarketing and conspiracy to commit cash laundering, the previous of which Shah pled responsible to in July 2022.
“I’m sorry. My actions have damage harmless folks,” the truth star mentioned at her sentencing on Jan. 6, 2023. “I need to apologize by saying, I’m doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution.”
She was given a six-and-a-half-year sentence and surrendered herself on Feb. 17, 2023. Her sentence was later diminished a number of instances — a choice the Bureau of Prisons attributed to good conduct, participation in jail programming and monetary funds she has begun making to victims (in complete, Shah has been ordered to pay $6.5 million in restitution).
In March 2023, only one month after she started serving her time on the FPC in Bryan, Texas — a minimum-security facility that additionally homes distinguished inmates together with Elizabeth Holmes and Ghislaine Maxwell — Shah’s time was reduce by one 12 months. It was decreased once more in October 2024 and in January 2025, shifting her projected launch date to Nov. 3, 2026.
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In August, one other discount introduced her launch date as much as Aug. 30, 2026. PEOPLE completely reported in mid-November that the Federal Bureau of Prisons permitted Shah’s early launch for Dec. 10.
“Everybody’s very grateful for the BOP’s determination, particularly as a result of it means Jen will have the ability to reunite together with her household for the vacations,” Shah’s supervisor, Chris Giovanni, advised PEOPLE on the time. “It is a reward she does not take as a right.”
“Jen’s in a extremely optimistic, hopeful place mentally,” he added. “She’s executed quite a lot of reflecting and actual development throughout her time away, and is genuinely not the identical girl as she was earlier than. Her focus is on her household and constructing a more healthy, extra grounded life. She understands the seriousness of the errors she made and is happy to place this chapter behind her in order that she will be able to present everybody the lady she’s labored laborious to turn out to be.”
A consultant for the Federal Bureau of Prisons advised PEOPLE, “For privateness, security and safety causes, we don’t talk about any incarcerated particular person’s situations of confinement or particular launch plans.”
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All through her time in federal custody, Jen’s husband, College of Utah soccer coach Sharrieff “Coach” Shah, has steadily stood by his spouse’s aspect. The pair additionally share two sons: Sharrieff Jr, 31, and Omar, 22.
In February 2024, Jen penned a private letter to PEOPLE reflecting on the primary 12 months of her sentence, describing the “unrelenting” ache of being away from her household. She additional mentioned she had discovered humility and perspective within the tales of different ladies at FPC Bryan and wrote that her religion, every day prayer and remedy had helped her combat despair and keep grounded by way of the challenges of incarceration.
“I’m most grateful for the features of my life which have by no means left me: my household and religion,” she wrote, noting, “In my every day prayers, I ask God for the braveness to understand I’m worthy of a second likelihood … I’m discovering the braveness to set my concern and guilt apart.”
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