Wendy Osifo details an alleged home robbery before being arrested for fraud

Star of “The Real Housewives of Potomac.” Wendy Osifo He faces 16 fraud charges, seven of which are felonies, after his arrest in Maryland on Thursday, October 9.

The arrest comes after investigators claimed Wendy and her husband, Eddie Osefo, conspired to defraud their insurance company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by reporting items stolen from a burglary they claim never happened.

In court documents, law enforcement officials detailed the alleged scheme and even say they found some of the reported stolen items during a search and seizure of the Osifus’ home.

Following news of their arrest, loyal Bravo fans began searching the internet for more information about the reported robbery from April 2024. During their search, they found a previous interview in which Wendy Osefo detailed the alleged events and described her family as “heartbroken.”

While speaking on the ‘Gabbing with Gib’ podcast, Osefo spoke about the matter Alleged burglaryExplaining that this happened before the cameras rolled for Season 9 of “RHOP.” She told the host that the incident happened during a spring break trip, adding, “I was very sad.”

Wendy went on to recall feeling extremely “violated,” especially because she and the “investigator” believed the alleged theft was “targeted.”

According to Wendy, her neighborhood in Finksburg, Maryland has been in existence for more than two decades, and no crime had ever been reported until her claim in 2024.

Getting more personal, Wendy mentioned her children during the podcast, saying that “motherhood” is what keeps her grounded, and knowing that they could get hurt during the reported break-in was “heartbreaking” for her.

“Where I live is for their safety, so they have vast acres to run around and play and have fun, without anything,” Wendy said. “When someone comes into your home, which is a sacred place, and violates you like that, you start to question things.”

Elsewhere during the podcast interview, Wendy expressed her gratitude that she and her family were safe after the “traumatic” event. She also detailed how they moved differently after the alleged incident, describing her home as “like Fort Knox.”

“It’s changed the way I move, you want to be naive and feel like no one’s watching you. You can just live life freely, but unfortunately, that’s not the case, so it’s changed a lot of things,” she admitted.

As The Blast previously reported, Wendy and her husband, Eddie, were arrested in early October 2025 after law enforcement officials said the couple lied about the alleged burglary in April 2024 to get huge payouts from not one, but three insurance companies.

When Wendy and Eddie initially reported the alleged burglary at their home, the couple claimed several high-value items, including handbags and jewelry, had been stolen, members of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said. However, during the investigation, law enforcement officers noticed Wendy wearing one of the pieces believed to be stolen in social media photos.

Investigators also found that the couple returned items they claimed were stolen and recovered their money before the alleged robbery occurred. And it doesn’t end there. Wendy and Eddie reportedly signed documents stating that they lost $450,000 worth of property and that their home sustained $2,500 worth of damage.

During the investigation, an email from Eddie to Wendy was intercepted, in which he asked her if there were any “other high-value items we can add to this inventory list,” and later wrote, “I’m trying to get the total over $423,000,” the maximum of their policy.

During the couple’s arrest, officers found at least “15 items allegedly stolen during the burglary.”

After Wendy’s clip on the “Gabbing with Gib” podcast began resurfacing, users took to the comments to leave their opinions on the couple’s recent arrest and legal troubles.