Ottawa Contractor Sentenced to 71 Days in Jail
Posted Sep 1, 2011 02:40:08 PM.
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An Ottawa-area contractor has been sentenced to 71 days in jail and his company has been fined $90,000 for violating Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act.
From March 2009 to May 2010, Philip Slobodzian who owns PSC New Home Construction Inc took contracts to replace roofs and shingles for several Ottawa area homeowners and in many of the cases he failed to perform the work. Further, he behaved in an intimidating manner with customers and failed to acknowledge their complaints.
Slobodzian and PSC New Home Construction Inc. guilty of engaging in unfair practices by making false, misleading or deceptive consumer representation; failing to provide consumers with a direct agreement containing information required under the Consumer Protection Act; failing to refund consumers within 15 days of being given notice of cancellation of their consumer agreements.
When he has completed his jail sentence, Slobodzian will be placed on two years probation and have to perform 75 hours of community service and pay restitution of $37,946 to five homeowners.
