A Fayette County judge is weighing whether to unfreeze the finances of the owners of roofing company Lexington Blue.
After a three-hour Sept. 22 hearing, attorney Adrienne Southworth laid out the case for allowing Brad and Courtney Pagel to access their bank accounts, which have been frozen since June at the request of the Kentucky Attorney General’s office, which is investigating the failed company for consumer fraud.
The Pagels did not appear at the hearing.
Lexington Blue closed abruptly in April, owing hundreds of customers for roofing repairs that were paid for but never completed. The attorney general is suing the company, the Pagels and several former employees in state court, alleging more than $2 million in deposits from more than 262 customers is missing…