William Helm Indictment

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Case: 1:20-cr-00141 Document #: 1 Filed: 03/05/20 Page 1 of 2 PageID #:1

F!LED
MAR 0 5 2020 d uNITED srArES DrsrRrcr couRr
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
THOMAS G BRUTON EASTERN DIVISION
CLERK U.S. DISTRICT COURT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v.
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No. 20 CR L4L
) Violation: 18 U.S.C. $ 666(a)(2)
WILLIAM A. HELM )
JUDGE BUCKLO
MAGISTRAIE JUD(}E
FIFINEGAN
The SPECIAL JANUARY 2020 GRAND JURY charges:

1. At times material. to this indictment:

a. The State of Illinois was a government that received in excess of

$10,000 in federal benefits during the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

b. Company A was a construction company that was engaged in a

development project in East Dundee, Illinois.

c. In or around 2077, Company A sought approval from the Illinois

Department of Transportation ("IDOT") for signalization and roadwork in connection

with its development project.

d. Defendant WILLIAM A. HELM and his consulting company were

retained by Company A to assist Company A in obtaining IDOT approval for

signalization and roadwork in connection with Company A's development project.

e. Martin Sandoval was an Illinois State Senator and the Chairman

of the Senate Transportation Committee. As Chairman of the Senate

Transportation Committee, Sandoval was in a position to assist with obtaining IDOT

approvals for Company A's development project.


Case: 1:20-cr-00141 Document #: 1 Filed: 03/05/20 Page 2 of 2 PageID #:2

2. Beginning no later than in or around July 2018, and continuing at least

until in or around November 2018, at Chicago, in the Northern District of Illinois,

Eastern Division, and elsewhere,

WILLIAM A. HELM,

defendant herein, corruntly offered and agreed to give things of value, namely,
money, intending to influence and reward Martin Sandoval, an agent of the State of

Illinois, in connection with any business, transaction, and series of transactions of

the State of Illinois involving a thing of value of $5,000 or more, namely, IDOT

approval for signalization and roadwork related to Company A's development project

in East Dundee, Illinois;

In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(aX2).

A TRUE BILL:

FOREPERSON

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

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