Wendy Osefo is the latest Real Housewives star to face legal trouble after allegedly lying about being robbed while on vacation.
Osefo, 41, and her husband, Eddie, were booked on criminal fraud charges in Maryland, TMZ reports. The star faces 16 charges, seven of which are felonies, for allegedly making false or misleading statements for fraud over $300. Osefo also faces a misdemeanor count of making a false statement to a police officer.
The charges come more than a year after the couple reported a burglary that police say was bogus. The Osefos reported that their home in Finksburg, Maryland, had been raided and that they were robbed of designer bags and jewelry while they were away on vacation in Jamaica.
Per TMZ’s reporting, court documents revealed deputies’ findings alleging Osefo later posted on Instagram showing herself wearing a diamond ring that she had reported missing.
Police also said the Osefos returned items they claimed to be stolen to the store where they were bought and obtained “a full refund” before the alleged burglary. The couple reportedly claimed $450,000 of personal property loss for insurance purposes.
Osefo, a college professor at Johns Hopkins University who holds a Ph.D., has been on The Real Housewives of Potomac since Season 5. Her co-star, Karen Huger, was released early from prison last month after a DUI-related conviction.
