 Zinck pleaded guilty on June 17, 2013 to charges of fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust by a public officer.With the guilty plea, the charges of theft over $5,000 were withdrawn.Zinck admitted in an agreed statement of facts that he filed expense claims totaling $10,060 in 2008 and 2009 for which the Speaker's Office reimbursed him, despite the fact that the items listed in his claims were never actually purchased.