Ep. - 346 - BIANCA DEL RIO FROM RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE JEN SHAH CRIMINAL CHARGES
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.7 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
This week federal prosecutors announced "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jennifer Shah is facing federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a purported long-running telemarketing scam. Criminal defense attorney Richard Kaplan walks Kate through the charges.
Bianca Del Rio is best known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed Del Rio first on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former RuPaul's Drag Race contestants. She talks about her career, the funny story behind her name, and the impact of Drag Race on her career and life.
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| 0:00.0 | They're amazing, K-C. |
| 0:05.2 | Welcome back to another episode of Reality Life with KKC. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope that you had a great week, but I'm going to tell you who had a not great week. |
| 0:12.1 | And that is Jen Shaw from Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. |
| 0:16.0 | She was arrested and charged this week in connection with a telemarketing scheme that |
| 0:20.2 | defrauded hundreds of people, many of whom are over the age of 55, according to a superseding |
| 0:26.3 | indictment that was unsealed this week. |
| 0:28.8 | Her assistant Stuart Smith was also arrested and charged Tuesday. |
| 0:32.8 | Both Shaw and Smith appeared before US Judge Dustin Pete in Salt Lake City, federal court |
| 0:37.9 | on Tuesday. |
| 0:38.9 | Manhattan, US Attorney Audrey Strauss said Jennifer Shaw, who portrays herself as a wealthy |
| 0:43.6 | and successful business person on reality TV, and Stuart Smith, who is portrayed as our |
| 0:48.4 | first assistant, allegedly generated and sold lead list of innocent individuals for other |
| 0:54.3 | members of their scheme to repeatedly scam. |
| 0:56.9 | In actual reality, and as alleged, the so-called business opportunities pushed on the victims |
| 1:01.7 | by Shaw, Smith, and their co-conspirators were just fraudulent schemes motivated by greed |
| 1:07.0 | to steal victims' money. |
| 1:08.8 | And now these defendants face time in prison for their alleged crimes. |
| 1:13.0 | Special agent and charge Peter Fitsa said, |
| 1:15.2 | Shant and Smith, phoned their lavish lifestyle to the public as a symbol of their success. |
| 1:19.6 | In reality, they allegedly built their opulent lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable, often |
| 1:24.3 | elderly working class people, as alleged, disturbingly, |
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