They were both sentenced to lengthy jail terms earlier this month after admitting a string of mortgage and loan frauds.

Now, Real Housewives Of New Jersey stars Teresa and Joe Giudice have been ordered to keep their individual finances entirely separate from one another, reports TMZ.

The sentencing judge made the ruling in a bid to prevent Teresa paying Joe's huge debt and vice versa, the website surmised from court papers.

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Going down: Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Joe and Teresa Giudice have been ordered to keep their finances separate from each other

The pair pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud as well as bankruptcy fraud after they exaggerated their incomes in a bid to secure mortgages.

US District Court Judge Esther Salas last week sentenced 42-year-old Teresa to 15 months in federal prison while Joe was sentenced to 41 months.

The mother of four is to surrender in January and Joe will begin his sentence immediately on her release so that one parent can remain with the children.

They also were ordered to serve two years of probation after their release and must pay more than $400,000 in restitution.

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This week Joe apologised to his wife during an interview on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live.

Chat show host Andy Cohen asked 42-year-old Joe during the concluding second part of their interview if he had anything he wanted to say in front of everyone.

'I just want to apologise that I got you into this mess,' the father-of-four told his wife.

'I don't even know what else to say. If I could take it all back, I would, but I can't.

'I tried to do whatever I could, but I had no control over that,' he said in reference to the criminal charges and their sentencing.