BOSTON, Mass.- A Middleborough man is among three individuals charged in an alleged multi-state property fraud scheme involving the sale of properties owned by out-of-state homeowners and the laundering of approximately $1.5 million in proceeds.
Kyon James, 44, of Middleborough, was charged with money laundering conspiracy along with Moshe Levi, 57, of Carrollton, Texas, and Bradley Beauge, 41, of Somerset, New Jersey. The charges were filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
According to court documents, Levi and co-conspirators allegedly identified vacant and unencumbered properties in Massachusetts, Georgia, Indiana and Tennessee that were owned by individuals who lived outside the states where the properties were located.
Prosecutors allege that the group created email accounts, internet-based phone accounts and fraudulent identification documents, including driver’s licenses and passports, using the names of property owners. The defendants allegedly used the fake identities to impersonate property owners and deceive real estate professionals into listing, negotiating and selling the properties to buyers who were unaware of the alleged fraud.
The charging documents allege that one defendant defrauded property owners of approximately $1.5 million and that Levi, James, Beauge and others participated in laundering the proceeds of the alleged fraud between June 2023 and June 2024.
Prosecutors allege that James, Levi and Beauge conducted financial transactions involving proceeds from fraudulent property sales through personal and corporate bank accounts they and others controlled. The transactions were allegedly intended to conceal the nature, source, ownership and control of the funds.
The defendants were arrested on July 16, 2026. James was released on conditions following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston later that day. Beauge was released on conditions following an initial appearance in Boston on July 23, 2026. Levi was detained following an initial appearance in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri, and is scheduled to appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.
The charge of money laundering conspiracy carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $500,000 or twice the value of the financial transactions involved in the alleged conspiracy.
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