Martin A. Sandoval (January 12, 1964 – December 5, 2020) was an American Democratic politician and senator for Illinois who admitted guilt to corruption charges in 2020.
[4] He graduated from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary South High School and went on to Loyola University, Chicago, where he received a bachelor's degree in psychology.
[5] After a Sandoval fundraiser held on August 16, 2019, at the Klein Creek Golf Club in DuPage County[9] for donors who paid a minimum of $250 to attend.
[10] Photos from the event were posted on Facebook the next day showing a mock assassination of President Donald Trump.
[3] The initial Sandoval raid was quickly followed by federal law enforcement actions in McCook, Lyons, and Summit — all towns in the senator's district.
[16] At the heart of the investigation was approximately $70,000 in government-supplied cash Sandoval took from a representative of red-light camera company SafeSpeed, LLC.
[14] At his plea hearing, he was released on $10,000 bond and banned from leaving the state, and was scheduled for sentencing in July.