Crime & Safety
'Housewives' Giudices Plead Not Guilty for New Fraud Charges
The two new counts carry a maximum possible penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
Towaco residents and stars of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” Teresa, 41, and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, 43, appeared before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to their two new fraud charges, according to the Daily Record.
They were indicted Monday for additional charges of bank and loan application fraud, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said, which brings their new total of indictments up to 41 counts.
The two additional counts stem from a $361,250 mortgage loan that Teresa Giudice received in July 2005. While she was getting the loan, she and her husband prepared a loan application falsely stating that “Teresa Giudice was employed as a realtor and that she had a monthly salary of $15,000; Teresa Giudice was not employed outside the home at the time,” according to Fishman’s office.
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The two new counts carry a maximum possible penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Joe Giudice will be represented by Miles Feinstein and Teresa Giudice by Henry E. Klingeman.
Recently, Joe Giudice's court date for forgery charges stemming from a March 2011 arrest was delayed.
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