Teresa Giudice – $11 Million

Star of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa Giudice and husband Joe had experienced a set of financial crises from 2009 onwards. Giudice used to work as an associate buyer at Macy’s. She later became a cast member of the first season of ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’. The Bravo reality TV star declared bankruptcy because of bad decisions involving money.

They were over $10 million in debt but over declared their income and assets to get a bigger credit score. Most of their properties were foreclosed and their assets were auctioned off so they could pay off their debt. In 2018, the bankruptcy case was dismissed and they were sentenced to pay restitution to the IRS and to the State of New Jersey’s Department of Treasury. In 2019, her husband went back to Italy while waiting for a case decision.