Jen Shah has been arrested with her “assistant” by the Feds for wire fraud. I’ve been asleep all day and am just waking up to this news after sleeping most of the day away. Apparently, she has been scamming older people over the past nine years. Now it makes sense why we never really knew what she did for a living.
The RHOSLC cast was filming today and she was arrested right after filming ended. Here is what TMZ is reporting:
According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY … Shah and Stuart Smith who is portrayed as her assistant on the reality series — generated and sold “lead lists” of innocent people who could be targeted for their nationwide scam for about 9 years. The feds say many of those targeted were “vulnerable, often elderly, working-class people” who were duped by the promise of business opportunities involving Shah, Smith and their alleged co-conspirators.
I don’t have the mental bandwidth at the moment to comprehend this situation completely and probably need more information to understand what she did. But what we do know for sure at this point is that Jen is scum of the earth. But, We already knew that.
So the #FelonsByBravo tradition continues. I guess this ensures they’ll be promoting the hell out of RHOSLC Season 2, since we know the Comcast-NBC suits love “controversy”.
As if this show wasn’t scuzzy enough, Jen Shah had to add another toxic layer of garbage.
We did already know that. What a disgrace. Is she filming currently? I wonder how they’re going to handle this Bravo felon. And next they might take a look at pastor Mary. This news wouldn’t have surprised me if the names were swapped out. But the Koa story nailed it for me. I don’t believe Jen Shah is playing with a full deck and major side eye with respect to her marriage, also. For whatever reason, he chooses to stay away from her.
I am living for this! I have been glued to my phone for the last 4 hours…yes, I know, sad but this is fanfreakintastic!! She tried to RUN! They were filming, Coach Shah tipped her off, her aunt came with the getaway car and she was arrested on the side of the road!!!!
Where did you find this info? I need all the details! Lol
T will get us all of the details, dont worry!
Wow this is the tea. I wonder if she knew she was being investigated prior to the arrest…
This is amazing. Of course Jen Shah is the one that will one-up Luanne’s arrest.
Holy crap. Lola! I haven’t seen that detail yet- where did you read or see that? This gets crazier by the minute. Wonder where she thought she’d hide? The Feds don’t play.
What is it with these HW’s who are hiding major dirt, they know they’re hiding major dirt, yet they expose themselves to the entire country on reality shows. The arrogance seems to transform quickly to delusions once they are in the spotlight.
Just one more reason why her husband stays away as much as possible.
Why Does bravo continue to cast people that are shady or on the verge of divorce?
At this point, it’s got to be deliberate, right? What percentage of the population are felons? How does Bravo keep hiring them? I can’t think of a franchise without a criminal.
WOW!!! I hope it is filmed!
I LOVE that she posted pictures all over social media this morning of the look her glam squad gave her for the cast trip today, then just a couple of hours later she is plastered everywhere in the exact same outfit & hair being walked in handcuffs with agents 🤣🤣
I see a meme coming on …
Is that your pup. The only thing I ever would like as much as the HUGE ASS Nene mouth!
Hey friend!! I LOVED the Nene mouth but TT hated it, so I changed it 🤷♀️
Not my puppy, but a picture my son sent me everyday for a month begging me to get him this dog during COVID lockdown ❤️
Girl, you better get that boy this dog. That is my imaginary son! It’s the older one right? Or is it the baby. GO GET THE DOG.
Of course it’s your son!! The baby wants a lama—not happening 👎
I’ll be over shortly with the dog AND THE LLAMA. 🙂 Who doesn’t want a llama?? You are being unreasonable. 🙂
can you picture her running in her high heels and fauncy dress?
Could not have happened to a more deserving person. Pure scum.
The only thing wrong with the arrest is that I SO WISH it had been done while Bravo was filming. Missed opportunity. But, hopefully, they will get the news footage on the show.
I do not usually delight in the misfortune of others but when they are assholes, I sure do!
I could not agree more. This news made my day.
They were filming! This season is going to be amazing.
Jen doesn’t sleep with grandpas………she just scams them!! She doesn’t smell like hospital……..but she is starting to smell like prison!! Karma is a real bitch. That’s where all the $$ came from.
In a way, she is a grandpa-f***er
How stupid are these people who go on reality shows knowing full well they are committing crimes and then are HARK shocked when they get arrested??? I didn’t watch RHOSLC because they were all too over the top to me but any time one of these FELONS actually get busted, I am actually thrilled. Not sure if she will pay her way out of it, but we shall see….
I agree with you. These people must be complete narcissists to think they are going to appear on national television and not have their crimes catch up with them. Bravo loves this crap.
I bet old Stuart is glad that all season it identified him as her assistant. I predict he makes a deal and turns on Jen. And I am here for it. I feel empathy for Coach though unless he really tipped her off. I mean how does that go? Like if my husband called me at work saying homeland security was looking for me….. I don’t think the first thing I’d do is run. But I’m also not a career criminal 😂
I think she probably ran so it wasn’t in front of the cast and crew during filming!
Probably so which is a real shame. She deserves to have this documented. I’d be shaking in my boots and confused. I hope Bravo finally cancels her
If anyone is interested in all the legalese…. it is here. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1381406/download
You are the Queen! My daughter told me and flew to your site. I knew you’d have the scoop. Thank you TT!
Wow! They filed to forfeit somebody’s house!!!! Wonder whose house that is? It’s in Lehi, so I guess not the Chalet LOL
I didn’t realize this was big NY feds, holy cow. This is big boy leagues next to Apollo’s charges.
I never could have predicted that the next Real Housewife that was arrested would be Jen Shah. She beat Erika Jayne to the handcuffs! I thought Jen’s business was one of those fake/play housewife business, boy was I wrong. It wasn’t fake or play, it appears it was fraud! Nine years is a long time to be under investigation. I wonder how many other housewives are under investigation?
If the investigation took nine years, there must be a whole lot of players.
That means one thing for certain — which rat will roll over first and save their own slimy skin?
I wonder how gross the bathtubs are in prison?
“You smell of prison.”
– Mary Cosby, 2021
LOL. Mary fleecing her flock pales in comparison to this, but maybe they could be cell mates in prison!
My jaw dropped! The stupidity and the absolute privilege of this woman. If I read correctly, a nine year investigation. 9 years!
It was a 9 year conspiracy, not investigation as I read it. Apparently, 19 of her co-conspirators (the people around the company who used info from her to defraud old people) were charged in 2019, right before the season started. She still went on to appear on the show. She had to know they would try to come for her. The indictment was superceded (which means someone flipped on her and they added charges) and filed under seal (which usually means they don’t want the defendant to know about it, often so they don’t flee).
I still don’t really understand exactly what they did. The feds are going to have to really dumb it down for a jury.
**I think it was 9, not 19. I can’t remember now.
Well this explains her vagueness about what how she made her money. Coach seems like a good guy but he had to have known what was going on, especially to give her a heads up instead of a what’s up! Maybe the shady business was the reason she seemed to be in a pressure cooker that exploded every episode.
Yeah- I wouldn’t be surprised if Coach is also involved (or somehow complicit) and they end up doing the same kind jail time as Joe and Theresa. In this case, Coach, of course, would be Theresa…. Unless he’s actually even more complicit than she was.
I promise he is less involved. I think it’s why he’s made such a special effort to stay as far away as possible from her. Who could blame him? He knows like no one else how malignant she really is. The lady is in a constant state of triangulation and manipulation of anyone whose unlucky enough to walk into her frame of vision. Jen is a cluster B plus a hardened criminal, and likely has been her entire life. She knows nothing else.
I think it’s very interesting that Coach quit his job as a attorney, the same year she started her telemarketing scheme. Hell of a coincidence.
OOhhh! THAT is interesting. Psychopaths exploit everyone. That’s their nature. I’m sure his legal experience was a huge source of knowledge for her future endeavors. We shall see how involved he really is. Somehow I still think he’s tried to keep clean. (Just a gut level guess tho) 🙂
I don’t know if the investigation was 9 years. My understanding is that that’s how long they’ve been doing this fraud. Is that right?
The think I can never understand or wrap my head around is how these people even know how to do all of this stuff? I mean I wouldn’t know where to begin in frauding people. Where on Earth do they learn this stuff? Fraud for dummies? Even just putting money in offshore accounts… I would have NO IDEA! Also, of I did figure out how to do that, I would never be able to relax to enjoy it. (Let’s just say that my fraud isn’t hurting vulnerable people, because I REALLLY can’t fathom they one at all!). I would feel paranoid all the time. I don’t understand how people can be so heartless and greedy. I’m so glad that I don’t watch this show. I will never watch a new H.W. show ever again. I haven’t taken on any new ones for a long time, and have cut out a few and I am so glad about that. The only thing I know about this show is the other things you recently posted about this monster and her abusive behaviors. Bravo is disgusting. Just absolute trash. Andy Cohen is absolute trash. I hope she goes away for a long time.
My apologies for typos.
Jen Shah’s tagline for season 2? “Shah-zam! From Queen Bee and MVP to a penitentiary!” It has some rhyme and cadence; I am sure someone else is more clever here!!!
Ok I see how this real life arrest lines up with American Greed stories, can’t wait for the crossover! Still will not watch SLC, but hey can Bravo finally take out the trash already! I wonder what exec’s are having fits over what to do, lol! Bye bitch, couldn’t have happened to a worse human being. I knew it, his coaches salary is for I think an OC, that’s not the big money, maybe Tri can give em pointers!
I’d love an American Greed on Apollo!
This is a good explanation for the local news in Utah… https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/03/30/real-housewives-star-jen/ I still don’t really get the details though,
What I don’t understand is why Homeland Security Investigations and not the FBI is the agency involved.
This is certainly going to be interesting!
It’s like the RHOSLC edition of On Becoming A God In Central Florida
Genius analogy.
Fun fact…Coach Shah is an attorney!
And so is her good friend Lisa Barlow. It’s all very interesting.
It always amazes me when people know there are things in their life they wouldn’t want made public yet they sign up for a reality show where things are always eventually exposed.
Her insanity finally explained… another type of suicide revealed… if you are going to be arrested for vile attempts to defraud, set yourself on fire on reality tv! Bravo has some mad skills finding these folks.
I mean, they ain’t wrong. We will all be watching now…
Housewives is supposed to be about showing an aspirational lifestyle. I give her credit, she apparently aspired to Teresa and good for her, she not only achieved, it sounds like her crime is even worse will likely result in a tougher sentence.
No offense but no one ever said this show was aimed at aspirational. They originally billed it as life behind the gates. To me it’s always been a full on demo how wealth isn’t a panacea for a happy healthy life. And I always muse when people (usually Ytubers) that are lecturing about the ladies wasting their highfalutin Bravo platform!? Like really?
Ytubers are a “special” breed, that’s for sure.
I’m following this story as I need a distraction from my crappy life and this is perfect!
Awww. 💛
She reminds me of Cruellal DeVille
Darn! A mugshot would have been fun.
These were 10 people involved with Jen; they were the people she sold the leads to.
These 10 were charged the day after BravoCon (Wednesday November 20, 2019) & when RHOSLC was announced. Jen had two months to back out of filming but still went ahead in January (2020) to showcase her lifestyle.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/10-defendants-charged-manhattan-federal-court-running-nationwide-telemarketing-fraud
Wow just wow! Thanks for the tea, T! So Jen could have just backed out of appearing on the show and just went ahead showcasing her ill-gotten wealth? Just desserts then IMO.
But when you’re Jen living in Jen’s world, you do nothing wrong. The ego can be such a powerful drug, good bad or indifferent your crave that attention. The fact that she’s facing 30 years for just wire fraud shows she took ALOT of money.
Those clips on Wendy were crazy!!! They were filming her arrest maybe? And then that interview about her businesses, whoa.
Seems like this might be Wendy’s new story too. But I know TT will have the real scoop.
And your fashion designer will get his name out there even more!
I could have gone with a whole new post about this… but, honestly, I think we all need to read it on Page Six. It’s insane. https://pagesix.com/2021/03/31/rhoslcs-jen-shah-cant-access-her-own-arraignment-as-fans-flood-line/
Jen Shah deserves every thing that is coming to her…clink clink…sorry not sorry…
A lot of those 9 people must have cooperated against her. She was charged with a superceding indictment that had been filed under seal.
Clink clink!
I highly doubt we will be getting a “Jen Checks In” special.