Crime & Safety
Orland Park Home Repair Fraudster Gets 6 Years
Ricky Ziko pleaded guilty May 20, and was sentenced to six years.
A man charged with home repair fraud against two Orland Park homeowners last year has been sentenced to six years in prison, Orland Park police said Thursdat in a release.
Ricky Ziko, of Berwyn, stirred together sand and water and fibbed to homeowners that it was a sealant to repair cracks in concrete, police said. One elderly homeowner caught onto the scam, handed over a small amount of money to send him away and then sent police hunting for Ziko's car.
Ziko was arrested in Hickory Hills and admitted to the fraud, police said.
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Ziko pleaded guilty May 20 to the charges.
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