Crime & Safety

Oak Lawn Man is $7,000 Poorer After Falling for Blackhawks Ticket Scam in Tinley

A man paid a hefty price for almost two dozen pairs of Blackhawks that he never received.

A 53-year-old Oak Lawn man came to the last week to report that he'd been scammed by by a man who promised him Chicago Blackhawks tickets in exchange for a nearly $7,000 payment.

The Oak Lawn resident told cops Oct. 12 that he met the seller at T.G.I. Fridays, 7200 191st St. in , earlier in October to do the exchange, according to the report. The 40-year-old seller said he'd fork over two tickets to 22 Blackhawks games. The Oak Lawn man wrote him $6,950 check.

The check was cashed the same day and as of last week, the victim had yet to receive any tickets. The suspect is no longer answering his phone calls.

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The victim told police that he learned through a friend of the suspect's father that he didn't have any Blackhawks tickets. The source also told him that the seller has a gambling problem, police said.

The suspect has a case pending through the for the same scenario involving $13,900, according to the report. He was not named in the report because as of Wednesday, he had not yet been charged.

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