- Jen Shah launched from federal jail, transferred to group confinement.
- Shah apologized for hurting victims, dedicated to paying $6.5M in restitution.
- Shah’s husband and two sons have stood by her all through incarceration.
Jen Shah has formally been launched from jail.
The previous Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star left the Federal Jail Camp in Bryan, Texas, within the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 10, in keeping with reviews from Folks. Shah, 52, has been incarcerated since Feb. 17, 2023 for her position in a long-running nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme.
The place Shah headed after her launch is presently confidential. The outlet reviews the fact star might both have been launched to her house or transferred to a midway home to finish the remaining portion of her sentence underneath supervision.
“We are able to affirm that Jennifer Shah transferred on December 10, 2025, from the Federal Jail Camp (FPC) Bryan to group confinement overseen by the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) Phoenix Residential Reentry Administration (RRM) Workplace,” a BOP spokesperson advised Folks. “Neighborhood confinement means the inmate is in both house confinement or a Residential Reentry Middle (RRC, or midway home). For privateness, security, and safety causes, we don’t disclose a person’s particular location whereas in group confinement.”
Shah and her assistant, Stuart Smith, have been arrested in March 2021 for allegedly concentrating on 1000’s of people in a nationwide fraud scheme. Each have been 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 individuals,” the Actual Housewives alum stated at her sentencing in 2023. “I wish to apologize by saying, I’m doing all I can to earn the funds to pay restitution.”
Shah was sentenced to 6 and a half years in jail and surrendered herself on Feb. 17, 2023. Her sentence was later lowered a number of instances, which the Bureau of Prisons attributed to good habits, participation in jail programming, and monetary funds she has begun making to victims. She has been ordered to pay $6.5 million in restitution.
All through her time in jail, Jen’s husband, College of Utah soccer coach Sharrieff “Coach” Shah, has stood by his spouse. Collectively, they share two sons: Sharrieff Jr, 31, and Omar, 22.
In February 2024, Jen wrote a private letter to Folks reflecting on the primary yr of her sentence, describing the “unrelenting” ache of being away from her household. She continued, saying she discovered humility and perspective within the tales of different ladies at FPC Bryan and wrote that her religion, day by day prayer, and remedy helped her keep grounded by incarceration.
“I’m most grateful for the facets of my life which have by no means left me: my household and religion,” she wrote. “In my day by day prayers, I ask God for the braveness to understand I’m worthy of a second probability … I’m discovering the braveness to set my concern and guilt apart.”