CHICKASHA – An Oklahoma City contractor was charged by the state Attorney General’s Office with defrauding clients out of more than $39,000 for work that he never performed.
During a two-month period last year Paris Stephon Bilbro, 29, vowed to perform roof repairs for customers in Lawton, Tuttle and McLoud. However, his company, AMG Construction Group, allegedly failed to do any of the work it was contracted to complete and Bilbro never refunded the money.
Bilbro is charged in Grady County District Court with three felony counts of embezzlement and a fourth charge of pattern of criminal offenses.
A warrant for Bilbro’s arrest was issued Aug. 26.
Jose Morales told investigators he contracted with AMG Construction Group on Sept. 28, 2023, to replace the roof on his home in Lawton. He said Bilbro quoted him a price of $9,586.77 for the work. Morales said he signed over an insurance check to Bilbro as full payment for the job.
The check was deposited into AMG’s bank account that very day. Yet Bilbro “did not do any work he was contracted to do” and “never refunded any of the money he was paid, nor were any materials provided,” Randa Orquiz with the Attorney General’s staff wrote in an affidavit filed with the court.
Anthony LeGiudice of McLoud and Deloris Burris of Tuttle reported almost identical circumstances with Bilbro and AMG in August 2023.
In all three cases Bilbro deposited the funds for his “own use and benefit, a purpose not intended or authorized” by his customers, Attorney General Gentner Drummond charged.
The three separate instances totaled $39,111.32, Orquiz said.
In addition, Bilbro is charged in Oklahoma County District Court with exploitation of an elderly or disabled adult.
A 65-year-old Edmond resident told an Oklahoma City Police Department investigator that Bilbro bilked him out of $14,000.
The victim said he was “acquainted” with Bilbro because they previously lived in the same neighborhood. The Edmond man said he had helped Bilbro with projects “on occasion” and Bilbro had repaired another neighbor’s house in May 2023.
The Edmond resident told the investigator he “reached out” to Bilbro last October about repairing some hail damage, and Bilbro agreed to do the job.
Bilbro accepted full payment for the job in November 2023 “prior to doing any work,” the Edmond man said. But afterward Bilbro stopped contacting the homeowner and never returned to his house or started the repair job.
The Edmond resident told police he contacted Bilbro “numerous times” about when the repair work would start. “The only reply he got was in December 2023 when Bilbro claimed he had been delayed by his own financial troubles,” the investigator wrote in an affidavit.
Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney Kirk Martin filed the felony exploitation charge against Bilbro on March 5, and a preliminary hearing conference in that case is scheduled for Sept. 9. A $5,000 surety bond for Bilbro’s release from the Oklahoma County jail was posted on May 9, records show.
Court records also show default judgments issued in Oklahoma County against Bilbro in small-claims cases filed by Tuffy Properties, Founders 171 Property, and United Auto Credit Corporation.