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In Texas, a glossy social media feed and a polished sales pitch allegedly hid a sprawling home renovation scam that prosecutors say drained about $4.8 million from more than 40 families and left their houses gutted or half built.

Legal consequences can be up to 20 years in prison, plus fines of more than $250,000. This scheme often combines with other fraud types. Because of the complexity of this crime, investigating this could take six to 24 months to find out what happened and prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.

Christopher and Raquelle Judge acted like home-improvement gurus online, but spent their clients’ money on plastic surgery and Amazon purchases.

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