Jen Shah was indicted for her alleged role in a long-running telemarketing scheme while filming season 2 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
Bravo viewers met Shah during season 1 of RHOSLC, which filmed in 2019 and aired in 2020. She quickly became a polarizing character on the franchise, with fans questioning her job and want for several assistants.
“People will come to me and I’ll spend money on their corporations, so we’ve got got lots of different investments, all different sorts of things,” Shah said of her profession on Access Hollywood’s “Housewives Nightcap” in November 2020. “I’ve been in a position to do it because what I’ve been in a position to carve out, the area of interest I’ve been in a position to carve out within the direct response marketing world.”
Not long after production began on season 2 of RHOSLC — which also starred Meredith Marks, Whitney Rose, Heather Gay, Lisa Barlow and Mary Cosby — news broke on March 30, 2021, that Shah and one among her assistants who appeared on the show, Stuart Smith, were arrested in Utah.
Every defendant within the case has pleaded guilty to their respective charges as of July 2022, when Shah became the ultimate defendant to alter her plea. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud as a part of a plea deal. After Shah was convicted, she was sentenced to six.5 years in prison. Shah reported to prison in 2023, and was later released in December 2025.
Scroll through for a breakdown of the costs and every part we learn about Shah’s legal drama:
That is an ongoing article that was originally published in March 2021 and last updated on April 1, 2026.