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Her onetime assistant and close friend Stuart Smith was also arrested.
Prosecutors maintained that the duo did so by pushing sketchy business services.
During her guilty plea, Shah admitted in court that these business services had little or no value.
So what exactly does 2023 hold for Shah?
Shah is also required to pay up to $9.5 million in restitution.
Shahs legal team filed paperwork asking for leniency, arguing that a 36-month sentence was appropriate.
Shortly after Shahs arrest, it became clear that her persona conflicted with her reality.
She claims that a more lenient sentence would help her helpothers.
A redemption arc, if you will.
As I think about it now, I saw her spending more time in our bedroom alone.
She often fell asleep in [our] childrens bed waiting for me to come home.
She would constantly tell me that she feels so alone.
Many of those people were elderly or vulnerable.
Many of those people suffered significant financial hardship and damage.
At the defendants direction, victims were defrauded over and over again until they had nothing left.
She pled guilty at the eleventh hour, only after receiving the Governments trial exhibits and witness statements.
In light of her conduct and her post-arrest behavior, her belated expressions of remorse ring hollow.
