Fort Worth, TX — A Fort Worth husband and wife have been sentenced for their roles in a yearslong fraud conspiracy that prosecutors say left dozens of victims with unfinished custom home projects and approximately $4.2 million in losses.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, Christopher Judge, 35, and Raquelle Judge, 36, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means sentenced Christopher Judge to 78 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release. Raquelle Judge was sentenced to one month in prison.
Both were ordered to pay $2,794,680.73 in restitution.
Federal prosecutors said the couple were managing members of Judge DFW LLC, a Texas-based company they used to market custom architecture, construction and interior design services.
From approximately August 2020 through January 2023, prosecutors said the couple offered below-market bids to consumers across six North Texas counties and entered into design-and-build contracts for custom homes.
Court documents show victims made multiple installment payments, but prosecutors said most projects were not completed and some were abandoned entirely.
The couple also admitted falsely representing that Christopher Judge was a licensed architect.
Authorities said more than 40 victims were defrauded across at least 24 construction projects. Prosecutors said customer payments were commingled in the company’s operating account and were sometimes used for unrelated construction projects.
The FBI’s Fort Worth Resident Agency and the Euless Police Department investigated the case with assistance from the U.S. Secret Service.