DETROIT — Federal prosecutors have charged four Detroit-area residents, including a sitting Michigan judge and two attorneys, in an alleged scheme to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from incapacitated individuals under court-appointed guardianship.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, a federal grand jury indicted Nancy Williams, 59; Avery Bradley, 72; Andrea Bradley-Baskin, 46; and Dwight Rashad, 69, on charges related to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The indictment also charges Avery Bradley with wire fraud, Bradley, Bradley-Baskin, and Rashad with multiple counts of money laundering, and Bradley-Baskin with one count of making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agent.

Prosecutors allege the scheme involved court-appointed guardians and conservators who were responsible for managing the personal and financial affairs of adults deemed legally incapacitated. According to the indictment, Williams owned Guardian and Associates, a fiduciary agency appointed by the Wayne County Probate Court in more than 1,000 cases.

Federal authorities allege that Williams, Bradley, Bradley-Baskin, and Rashad conspired over several years to misappropriate funds belonging to wards and their estates for personal use. The indictment lists multiple examples, including the alleged use of ward funds to purchase business interests, cover personal vehicle leases, and divert settlement proceeds.

Bradley-Baskin, who is identified in court filings as a district judge on Michigan’s 36th District Court, is accused of using ward funds for personal expenses, including an alleged $70,000 investment in a local business and the lease of a vehicle, according to the indictment.

The charges were announced by Jerome F. Gorgon Jr., alongside officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.

The case was investigated by the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the Wayne County Probate Court. It is being prosecuted by assistant U.S. attorneys in the Eastern District of Michigan.

An indictment is a formal charge and does not constitute evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

Federal authorities have asked individuals with information related to wards of Guardian and Associates or Tri-State Guardian Services to contact the FBI.