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'Real Housewives' Star Gets Prison Time For New York-Based Fraud Scheme 'Real Housewives' Star Gets Prison Time For New York-Based Fraud Scheme
'Real Housewives' Star Gets Prison Time For New York-Based Fraud Scheme A former "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star was sentenced to several years in prison for her role in a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme based in New York.  Jennifer Shah, age 49, who appeared on the show beginning in 2020, was sentenced to six ½ years in prison on Friday, Jan. 6 for targeting elderly victims in the scheme and defrauding them out of their savings, according to the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams.  Beginning in 2012 and lasting until her arrest in March 2021, Shah was the leader of the scheme which ended up victimizi…

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'Real Housewives' Star Admits To Running Telemarketing Fraud Scheme That Targeted Some NYers 'Real Housewives' Star Admits To Running Telemarketing Fraud Scheme That Targeted Some NYers
'Real Housewives' Star Admits To Running Telemarketing Fraud Scheme That Targeted Some NYers “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Jennifer Shah has admitted to running a decade-long telemarketing scheme that tricked thousands of victims, including some New Yorkers, into bogus investment opportunities. Shah, age 48, of Utah, appeared in a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Monday, July 11, where she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing. Federal prosecutors said between 2012 and March 2021, Shah trafficked “lead lists” of potential victims that her co-conspirators used to convince victims to pay thousands of dollars for “…

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by Michael Mashburn
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First Look From Gabby Petito Movie Set Emerges As Brian Laundrie Notebook Confession Released First Look From Gabby Petito Movie Set Emerges As Brian Laundrie Notebook Confession Released
First Look From Gabby Petito Movie Set Emerges As Brian Laundrie Notebook Confession Released As news splashed that filming was underway for the Lifetime film "The Gabby Petito Story," her killer's attorney released part of his confession for all to read. Photographers caught the two actors portraying Long Island native Gabby Petito, age 22, of Blue Point in Suffolk County, and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, age 23, who relocated from LongIsland to North Port, Florida, on Thursday, June 23 in Salt Lake City, Utah, close to where Petito was found dead, reported Fox News. Hours later, on Friday, June 24, Laundrie's attorney, Steve Bertolino, released part of Laundrie's eight-page co…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Stone Memorial Found At Gabby Petito Search Area In Wyoming Stone Memorial Found At Gabby Petito Search Area In Wyoming
Stone Memorial Found At Gabby Petito Search Area In Wyoming A number of stones laid out in what appears to be a memorial were found on the forest floor in the area where authorities were searching for Gabby Petito. Reporter Sydney Glenn of Fox 13 KSTU in Salt Lake City, Utah, posted a photo of the makeshift memorial, saying the stones were laid out near the area of the national park in Wyoming where human remains were found that the FBI said are "consistent" with the description of the 22-year-old Long Island woman.  Glenn said the stones were found near the Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area. We have found what appears to be a memorial in the…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Family Asks Public For Help In Nationwide Search For Missing 22-Year-Old NY Woman Family Asks Public For Help In Nationwide Search For Missing 22-Year-Old NY Woman
Family Asks Public For Help In Nationwide Search For Missing 22-Year-Old NY Woman The family of a missing a 22-year-old New York woman who went missing while traveling is asking the public for help locating her as a nationwide search is underway. Long Island resident Gabrielle Petito, of Blue Point in Suffolk County, was traveling in a white, 2012 Ford Transit van with her boyfriend when she stopped communicating with friends and family, police said. Petito was reported missing to the Suffolk County Police Department by her mother, Nichole Schmidt, on Saturday, Sept. 11 just before 7 p.m. Since being reported missing, police have located the van at the home of her boyf…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Organ Recipient Celebrates Second Chance At Life Organ Recipient Celebrates Second Chance At Life
Organ Recipient Celebrates Second Chance At Life At 53 years old, Donna DiCosta has a lot to be thankful for: a successful nursing career and two healthy children. But the thing she is most thankful for is having a second chance at life, thanks to the power of organ donation. “Every day that I am alive is because my organ donor chose to give the gift of life,” DiCosta said. “What she has done for me is truly remarkable.” At age three, DiCosta was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. She managed to live normally for most of her life, but once she had her children her lungs began to fail. She was constantly having a hard time breathing and makin…

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Here's When You Can Watch Fairfield County Olympian Tucker West Here's When You Can Watch Fairfield County Olympian Tucker West
Here's When You Can Watch Fairfield County Olympian Tucker West Tucker West, who learned the sport of luge on a track built in the backyard of his Ridgefield home by his father, will be making his second trip to the Olympics. And you can watch starting Saturday. Set your DVR for coverage of the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea for: Saturday, Feb. 10: Run one and two will be live at 5:10 a.m. and 6:55 a.m. EST and will be broadcast at 11:30 a.m. on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) Sunday, Feb. 11: Run three and four will be live at 4:50 a.m. and 6:55 a.m. EST and will be broadcast at 1:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) Thursday, Feb. 15: If…

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