Philip Slobodzian turns himself in to face construction scam charges

A man with a history of being involved with construction scams turned himself in to police Thursday morning to facefour criminal charges, Ottawa police say.

Philip Slobodzian, 44, was charged withtwo charges of fraud under $5,000 and two counts of possession of the proceeds of crime, police said in a media release Thursday.

Police announced Wednesdaythey were asking for the public's help to find him.

The two alleged incidents occurred in May 2014 and September 2015 in the City of Ottawa, according to the police statement issued Wednesday.The Ottawa police investigation into the incidents began in late October.

Police are "pretty confident" there may beother victims in Ottawa, said Sgt.Guy Thivierge of the fraud unit on Wednesday,and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Slobodzianwas the subject ofa series of reports by CBC Ottawain 2010 and 2011after customers complained he took their money and then either failed to show up to carry out the work, or did a poor job.

Most recently, in April 2014, Slobodzian wasconvicted for the fourth time under the Consumer Protection Act and sentenced to two months in jail after he took $6,000 from a customer for a project and then never started the work.

Slobodzian was scheduled to appear in court today.