 In June 2018, it was announced Giudice's bankruptcy case from 2009 had been dismissed.Giudice will pay restitution to the New Jersey state department of treasury and the IRS.In March 2019, Joe completed his sentence and was transferred to an ICE facility to wait on a pending case about whether he shall be deported or not to his native country, Italy, as he never became a United States citizen despite living in the United States since he was a year old.