Overview
- In a People interview, the former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star apologized to victims and said she takes full responsibility for a telemarketing fraud that prosecutors said preyed on older and financially vulnerable people.
- She was sentenced in January 2023 to 78 months for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, ordered to forfeit $6.5 million and pay about $6.645 million in restitution, and she says she is now making payments.
- After serving about 33 months at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, she was released in December 2025 to community or home confinement overseen by the Bureau of Prisons’ Phoenix office.
- Shah said she pleaded guilty in July 2022 after seeing prosecutors’ evidence and now says she ignored red flags and trusted the wrong people during a period of grief and marital strain.
- Bravo executive Andy Cohen has said she will not return to the franchise, underscoring the lasting career fallout despite her public contrition.