DECEPTION: The Hustle That Didn't Hustle Back: Jen Shah

About this episode

This episode explores Jen Shah's telemarketing fraud scheme and its impact on victims.

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast her as a larger-than-life personality with an enormous entourage, designer everything, and a lifestyle that demanded constant explanation. What Jen Shah didn't explain — until federal agents showed up at a cast event — was that her business empire was built on a telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted thousands of vulnerable people across the country, many of them elderly. She pled guilty in 2022 and was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison. We look at the mechanics of the scheme, the victims it left behind, and what the cameras captured that nobody thought to question. Head over to our Crimes Of… YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crimes Of… to never miss a case! For Ad-free listening and early access to episodes, subscribe to Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts. Crimes Of… is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios 🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Crime House 24/7, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on Social…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sabrina Deana-Roga, Corinne Vien

Topics covered

• telemarketing fraud
• victims
• federal prison
• reality TV
• scams

Keywords

• Jen Shah
• fraud scheme
• telemarketing
• Real Housewives
• elderly victims

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Organizations: Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Crime House, PAVE Studios

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