As Jen Shah prepares to head to prison, some of the people affected by the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star’s scam are speaking out against the disgraced star. Two victims spoke with “Good Morning America” to shed some light on how Shah took advantage of them. 75-year-old Tricia (who declined to share her last name) told the news outlet that she gave Shah $47,000 in exchange for Shah’s company helping start her own business. Only that never happened. “I’m telling the world I was stupid enough to get caught in a scam, and I’m not a stupid person,” the woman confessed. “Do I want to tell the world that? No, I really don’t. But I don’t want other people to have to go through that shame that I went through.”
Tricia added that she thought the scheme seemed “legitimate,” and was “shell shocked” to discover the truth. She also admitted that she just came out of a deep depression behind the scam and lost the money she needs to care for herself. Another woman, Molly McLaughlin, revealed that Shah also scammed her. “I probably spent about $44,000 on six credit cards … all, of course, went into bankruptcy, because, of course, I couldn’t afford to pay that,” she confessed.
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According to Vox, Shah is scheduled to head to prison on February 17, where she will serve six and a half years.
