Ottawa roofing contractor Philip Slobodzian has been repeatedly charged, convicted, fined and jailed for deceptive practices, failing to refund customers their money and failing to provide them with contracts. He’s well known to the Ottawa police, who have slapped Slobodzian with fraud-related charges multiple times. Now the police fraud unit has launched a fresh investigation, which they describe as an “open file.” The 45-year-old contractor is so notorious for targeting unsuspecting home owners that throughout the Ottawa Valley he’s often referred to as “Slippery Phil.”

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