The Real Housewives of New Jersey
couple appeared in federal court in Newark on Thursday to be sentenced
for bankruptcy, mail, and wire fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Esther
Salasgave ordered Joe to serve 41 months in prison, while Teresa was
sentenced to 15. Joe was fined $10,000 and they both must pay back
$414,588 in loans that they illegally obtained. The couple, who are
parents to four daughters under 13, will have staggered sentences with
Teresa going to jail first so that one parent can always be with the
children.
Teresa must surrender for her 15-month prison sentence on Jan. 5, which will allow her to spend the holidays with her kids.
The sentences could have been
worse considering that she faced 27 months in prison and...
he faced 46.
However, the judge rejected her bid to serve out her sentence at home.
Also, what is still to be determined, once Joe completes his sentence,
is whether he will be deported back to Italy.
The pair had initially been charged
with 41 counts of bank, bankruptcy, wire, and mail fraud — with Joe
facing additional charges related to unpaid taxes — but they made a deal
in March. Teresa pleaded guilty to three counts of bankruptcy and one
count of mail and wire fraud while Joe pleaded guilty to five counts,
including a failure to file income taxes.
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