MEDFORD, Ore. (Feb. 27, 2026) — A licensed real estate broker in southern Oregon pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges after prosecutors said she avoided mandatory cash reporting requirements and drafted fake property leases following a raid on her client’s illegal marijuana operation.
Tyra Foxx, 46, pleaded guilty to avoiding reporting requirements and obstruction of justice.
According to court documents, between January 2020 and November 2020, Foxx acted as a real estate broker for Jose Orozco and assisted with his purchase of agricultural properties intended for hemp and marijuana cultivation. Prosecutors said that when Orozco purchased the properties, Foxx made large cash payments to sellers outside of escrow.
Knowing that RE/MAX did not accept cash payments, Foxx allegedly converted $100,000 into money orders and used a third-party broker’s trust account to transfer more than $2 million into escrow accounts.
On Oct. 13, 2020, Foxx received $175,000 from Orozco to purchase agricultural property in Josephine County. Prosecutors said she failed to file a Form 8300 — a document required when a business receives more than $10,000 in cash — and instead transferred the money into a client trust account at another real estate office. As a result, a Currency Transaction Report was filed in the name of that real estate office rather than Orozco, according to court records.
After learning that law enforcement had raided one of Orozco’s illegal marijuana grows, Foxx drafted fake property leases for him and suggested placing fraudulent construction liens on the property in an effort to prevent forfeiture by the Internal Revenue Service and Homeland Security Investigations, prosecutors said.
On Feb. 23, 2026, Foxx was charged by an amended superseding information with avoiding reporting requirements and obstruction of justice.
On the first count, Foxx faces up to 10 years in prison, a $500,000 fine and three years of supervised release. On the second count, she faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. She is scheduled to be sentenced May 11, 2026, before a U.S. District Court judge.
Orozco previously pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering and is scheduled to be sentenced April 6, 2026, before a U.S. District Court judge.
The Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team, Homeland Security Investigations and the Internal Revenue Service investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Brassell is prosecuting it.
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