'Real Housewives of Potomac' star Wendy Osefo and husband Eddie arrested on fraud charges

Another “Real Housewives of Potomac” prima is facing ineligible trouble: Wendy Osefo and her husband, Eddie Osefo, person been arrested for allegedly fraudulently reporting a burglary and theft past year.

A expansive assemblage successful Carroll County, Md., indicted the spouses Thursday connected “multiple counts related to fraud,” the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday successful a statement. The world TV stars, some 41, were booked astatine Carroll County Central Booking. They were released Friday aft posting bond, the connection said.

A typical for the Osefos said Friday that they are “back location safely with their household and successful bully spirits.”

“They are grateful for the outpouring of interest and enactment from friends, fans, and colleagues,” the typical continued. “The Osefos, alongside their ineligible team, look guardant to their time successful court. At this time, they respectfully inquire for privateness arsenic they absorption connected their household and the ineligible process ahead.”

Wendy Osefos faces 16 charges, including 7 felony charges for alleged false/misleading accusation fraud involving much than $300, 8 misdemeanor conspiracy counts and a misdemeanor for an alleged mendacious connection to an officer. Her hubby faces the aforesaid charges and is besides connected the hook for 2 further felony counts. They are owed backmost successful tribunal successful November.

The fraud charges stem from an April 2024 burglary reported astatine the Osefos’ location successful Finksburg, Md., much than 27 miles northwest of Baltimore. The Sheriff’s Office said instrumentality enforcement responded to a study of burglary and theft and met with the spouses, who claimed their location “had been entered and galore items had been stolen” portion they were connected vacation, the connection said.

“They reported astir 80 items of jewelry, luxury goods, clothing, and shoes were stolen,” the connection said, “worth a full of much than $200,000.”

Police said Friday that detectives investigating the burglary recovered that the Osefos had returned much than $20,000 of the “stolen” items to their points of purchase. Detectives besides saw images of Wendy Osefo taken aft the alleged burglary wearing a ringing she said was among items that were stolen.

Court documents amusement that the Osesfos filed a assertion with an security institution alleging a nonaccomplishment of $450,000 worthy of idiosyncratic property, according to TMZ.

“It became wide that the Osefos had fabricated the burglary and filed a mendacious study [in an] effort to fraud their security company,” Carroll County Sheriff James T. DeWees said during a property briefing Friday.

Wendy Osefo joined “Real Housewives of Potomac” for its 5th play successful precocious 2020 and has been portion of the formed since. She is simply a governmental commentator, writer and manner marque entrepreneur. Eddie Osefo is an lawyer and self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur” whose businesses see a concern bureau and a cannabis edibles line.

In aftermath of the arrests, Bravo pushed its Oct. 14 occurrence of “Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition,” featuring the Osefos, until Oct. 21, Variety reported.

The mates was arrested a twelvemonth and a fractional aft different “RHOP” property publically faced ineligible woes. Karen Huger, known among fans arsenic the “grand dame,” was arrested successful March 2024 for driving nether the power aft she crossed a median and deed thoroughfare signs, crashing her Maserati. She was convicted successful December of driving nether the power and negligent driving, among different charges.

She was released from situation successful September aft serving six months of a yearlong situation sentence.