Sandvoss to retire from elections board after becoming victim of online extortion attempt herald-review.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-review.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Even if it were 100% on his own time I would expect complete and absolute disclosure of the specifics of he were to retain the position going forward, including details on what the basis for the extortion attempt was.
With retirement I do not think I that I, or the public at large, need to know the details to that extent and am happy to say he reported the extortion attempt which was the right thing to do and retirement after being compromised is the right thing to do.
Whatever lapse of judgement he made should be used as a cautionary tale and people should try to recognize that for almost all honeypot schemes that can be conducted online there are literally reliable and relatively private websites that are better alternatives than responding to messages from “random women” on social media.
Illinois State Board of Elections executive director to retire after reporting he was victim of extortion attempt suntimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from suntimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, the victim of an online extortion attempt in late March or early April, will resign and retire, effective June 30.
Board chairman Charles Scholz said at the end of Tuesday’s regular board meeting that Executive Director Steve Sandvoss has announced his retirement. Scholz didn’t comment further except to commend Sandvoss, 55, for 32 years of service to the board.
Sandvoss, a lawyer from Rochester, has been on paid administrative leave from his $162,000-a-year job since the board voted unanimously on April 5 to place him on leave. He will remain on paid leave through June 30, board spokesman Matt Dietrich said.