Christopher Judge, 35, and his wife Raquelle Judge, 36, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a multi-year fraud scheme. Prosecutors stated that the couple’s actions left more than 40 individuals with unfinished custom home projects and resulted in estimated losses of $4.2 million.
Both pleaded guilty in December 2025 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and were ordered to pay $2,794,680.73 in restitution.
Christopher Judge received a sentence of 78 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release. Raquelle Judge was sentenced to one month in prison. The couple had faced maximum potential sentences of 20 years and five years, respectively, according to previous reporting.
Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means presided over the sentencing and ordered that the couple serve their terms separately, with Raquelle Judge serving first. The judge cited sympathy for the couple’s four children as a factor in this decision.
Court documents indicate that the Judges were managing members of Judge DFW LLC, a Texas-based company offering custom architecture, construction, and interior design services. From approximately August 2020 through January 2023, the company submitted below-market bids for projects in six North Texas counties. Prosecutors alleged that these low bids induced customers to sign design-and-build contracts and make installment payments.
The couple failed to complete most projects and sometimes abandoned them entirely. Christopher Judge also admitted to falsely representing himself as a licensed architect.
Records show that the couple commingled customer payments in the company’s primary operating account and used funds from one project to cover expenses for unrelated construction work. More than 40 people were defrauded across at least 24 projects. A group of victims attended the sentencing, with some sitting alongside the defendants in the courtroom.
