Jen Shah’s legal troubles will be investigated in a new documentary from Hulu and ABC News.
TheReal Housewives of Salt Lake Citystar, 48, and her assistant Stuart Smithwere arrested and chargedin March with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing — through which they allegedly victimized 10 or more persons over the age of 55 — and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The twopleaded not guiltyduring an arraignment in April.
The Housewife & the Shah Shocker, premiering Nov. 29, will dive into the accusations against Shah. Per a press release, it will feature interviews with some of Shah’s friends, employees and family members, as well as the alleged victims of the telemarketing scheme.
“When you think ofThe Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, I’m sorry, it’s the Jen Shah show,” one of the individuals interviewed in the upcoming documentary says in thetrailer, released Thursday.
“She was giving us the money, she was giving us the looks, it seemed like she was the prime housewife,” another adds.
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Another notes that speaking with the victims of the alleged fraud was “heart-wrenching.”
“If I could talk to the people that scammed me, I would say, ‘Would you do this to your mother?” one of the alleged victims says.
Shah’s former designer Koa Johnson is also featured in the documentary, telling the cameras, “She does say that she’s the Wizard of Oz, the woman behind the curtain. I think she’s the Wicked Witch of the West.”
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In apress releaseannouncing Shah’s arrest earlier this year, prosecutors alleged she and Smith carried out a nationwide telemarketing scheme with the help of others between 2012 and March of this year. They are accused of having “defrauded hundreds of victims” with purported business services.
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Prosecutors further claimed Shah and Smith’s scheme was a “coordinated effort to traffic in lists of potential victims,” referred to as “leads.” From there, they allegedly sold those leads to telemarketing companies that would attempt to sell business services to the targeted individuals. Both “received as profit a share of the fraudulent revenue per the terms of their agreement with those participants,” according to the indictment.
The Housewife & the Shah Shockerwill be available to stream Nov. 29 on Hulu.
source: people.com
