why did teresa giudice go to prison

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Teresa Giudice went to prison because she pled guilty to multiple charges related to fraud, including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications, and bankruptcy fraud. The legal issues were tied to hiding assets and financial misrepresentation during her and her ex-husband Joe Giudice's bankruptcy case. Despite Teresa maintaining she was unaware of the full extent of the fraud, she was sentenced to 11 months in prison, starting in 2015, primarily because of chronic lying to the court about assets and being complicit in financial schemes. Joe Giudice served a longer sentence of 41 months and was later deported from the U.S. Teresa has indicated that her public profile might have influenced the severity of her sentence. The legal saga deeply affected her family life and led to their divorce.