Authorities are expected to round up three Atlanta-area roofing executives this weekend to face theft charges in Bibb County.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office secured arrest warrants Thursday night for the men after 30 people in the county reported paying American Shingle & Siding Inc. a total of about $200,000 for work that was never performed, said Capt. Mike Smallwood of the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

“The insurance company would pay these people for damage to the roof, and they would sign the check over to American Shingle and they never did the work,” Smallwood said. “We understand that other agencies are securing warrants for the same company. We have complaints from as far away as Missouri.

Company Chief Executive Officer Carlton DeWayne Dunko, Frank Pureber and Richard Steffy will be charged with 30 counts of theft by conversion and will likely be brought back to Bibb County early next week to face the charges, he said.

In August, the company abruptly closed its Sheraton Drive office in north Macon. Once the company filed for bankruptcy Sept. 2, more than 150 creditors quickly came forward with claims.

Attempts to reach Dunko, Pureber and Steffy were unsuccessful. George Geeslin, the debtors’ attorney listed on the bankruptcy filing, was in court Friday and not available for comment.

Smallwood said the economic downturn and a reduction in new construction has no bearing on the case.

“This is just outright theft,” he said. “Every company is going through that, but they just can’t take people’s money and not do the work.”

The Better Business Bureau fielded thousands of inquiries about the roofing company since January 2010.

Homeowners paid between $1,700 and $25,000 to the company for uncompleted work, and others complained of subpar work that actually damaged their roofs.

American Shingle operated in 10 states with two dozen field offices. According to bankruptcy filings, the company has between $10 million and $50 million in estimated liabilities.

No money has been distributed to creditors since the bankruptcy filing, said Regina Thomas, clerk of court for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Georgia.

“There’s still time to file claims,” she said.

Feb. 22 is the deadline.

Bibb County expects to turn the case over to the grand jury in coming weeks, Smallwood said.

It may take much longer for people to get reimbursed -- and that is only if funds are available.

“Hopefully if they plead or are convicted, then the court will order restitutions,” Smallwood said.

Information from Telegraph archives was used in this report.