North Texas couple receives federal prison time for fraudulent custom home projects

A North Texas man will spend years in federal prison for his role in defrauding victims in a custom home building scheme, while his wife will also spend time behind bars for the same crime.North Texas couple sentenced35-year-old Christopher Judge received the maximum six-year, six-month federal prison sentence, followed by two years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in December 2025.His wife, 36-year-old Raquelle Judge, received a one-month prison sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to the same charge last December.The couple was also ordered to pay $2.8 million in restitution.DFW home building scamThe Judges were sentenced after their arrests in connection to a Texas-based construction company prosecutors say defrauded dozens of victims from Aug. 2020 to Jan. 2023.Court documents state Christopher and Raquelle Judge were the managing members of Judge DFW LLC, a company that falsely offered custom