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Reality TV stars Teresa and Joe Giudice were their crassy selves Tuesday as they went before a judge to answer federal fraud charges.

The thick necked husband of The Real Housewives of New Jersey star slapped a news camera out of his way as he and his moll made their way into Newark s federal courthouse.

Calm down Joe his lawyer Miles Feinstein pleaded. Don't do that.

Teresa dressed in a white pants suit and Joe encased in a dark suit looked like they were digesting bad scungilli as Judge Cathy Waldor ordered them released on $500 000 bond each.

Mark Bonifacio/New York Daily News Teresa and Joe Giudice breeze past reporters on their way into Newark Federal Courthouse for a first appearance.

Yes they each answered tensely when Waldor asked them if they understood.

Neither entered a plea.

While Joe was released on a bond secured by his pop Frank Teresa didn t need anybody to sign for her. That s because she brings home the bacon in this family.

Teresa is paid $36 000 per episode or about $750 000 a season sources told The Daily News. And she has parlayed her notoriety into a series of cookbooks and a specialty food line called Skinny Italian that has made her thousands more.

Teresa and Joe on the front page of Tuesday's Daily News.

Waldor also ordered the Giudice s to turn in their passports and limit their travels to the Garden State and New York.

Joe Giudice whose real first name is Giuseppe is an Italian citizen and could face deportation if convicted.

That didn t sit well with his mom Filomena.

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None of your f g business she snapped when a reporter asked about the prospect of her boy being booted out of the country. Worry about yourself.

Go to hell Frank Giudice chimed in.

The accused couple who are due back in court Aug. 14 refused to speak with reporters.

Frank Giudice first gave reporters the finger then bent over and displayed his backside when they returned to his son s $1.7 million Montville Township mansion.

Mark Bonifacio/New York Daily News The Giudices are accused of hiding their success in a bankruptcy filing following their first season aired.

They profess their innocence Feinstein said. A coin has two sides. There is another side here that you haven't heard but you'll hear in the courtroom.

Teresa's lawyer Henry Klingeman claimed his client is being targeted because of her celebrity and insisted the family's handling themselves with great dignity.

Noting that Teresa does not have a criminal record Klingeman added We hope that she's vindicated and spends no time in jail. But it's a federal case and there's always a risk of jail.

U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman declined to say whether they offered the Giudice s a deal.

Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News The Giudices who live in Montville Township N.J. are accused of exaggerating their income while applying for loans before their reality TV show debuted.

We're confident that we have enough evidence to convict the defendants beyond a reasonable doubt he said.

Teresa 41 and her 43 year old husband are accused of exaggerating their income while applying for loans before their reality TV show debuted in 2009 then hiding how well they were doing in a bankruptcy filing after their first season aired.

The combustible couple were were charged in a 39 count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud bank fraud making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud.

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Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News Joe Giudice's father Frank gives photographers the finger as the family enters through the garage.

Teresa in Sept. 2001 falsely claimed in a $121 500 mortgage application that she worked four years for Modern Era Investment Corp. making $3 750 a month according to the indictment.

Prosecutors contend she actually was unemployed from January 2001 to 2008.

Meanwhile Joe an entrepreneur who has run everything from a stucco company to a pizzeria failed to file tax returns for 2004 through 2008 when he is alleged to have earned nearly $1 million.

Joe also obtained fraudulent construction loans of about $800 000 and $1.7 million according to the indictment.

Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News Joe Giudice's father Frank showed onlookers what he really thought of them.

Conviction on all counts could send them both to jail for up to 50 years.

Joe is no stranger to the legal system. He was busted for drunk driving last year and then spent 10 days in jail after it was discovered he was driving on a suspended license.

He is also facing charges in Passaic County that he used his brother s identity to obtain a driver s license.

Teresa is one of five Garden State gals featured in the Bravo series which is now in its fifth season and which chronicles their lavish and often cheesy lifestyles. In recent years her manipulative and combatative behavior as made her the villain the quintet.

Norman Y. Lono for New York Daily News Teresa and Joe Giudice have been indicted on 39 counts.

Her husband is no prize either. He has been caught on camera calling Teresa a bitch and a c t.

Klingeman said they should not be judged by how they come off on the show. While it s called reality television I'm not sure everything you see on the show is real he said.

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