Arthur P. Sandoval ain't crying, though. Sandoval is a Miami consultant who is also a former charter director of the Sammy Sosa Charitable Foundation , and as of last week, the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in Broward County circuit civil court against Sosa and his foundation, which is located in Coral Springs. Sandoval claims he was unjustly fired when he blew the whistle on shady business practices. Sosa saved by following Sandoval's advice and establishing the foundation. To hear Sandoval tell it, Sosa isn't quite as beneficent as he seems.
Reports bear that out.
His allegations triggered an investigation by the Florida Attorney General's Office last summer. That probe was recently closed, but Sandoval has funneled information to the IRS and U.S. Treasury about his old boss' handling of money. The foundation closed its offices in Pembroke Pines last year and moved north to the Coral Springs home of its president and director, Bill Chase . It's business as usual at the foundation, says Chase, adding that foundation money now comes from Sosa's deep pockets. Sosa's business manager, Domingo Dauhajre , says Sandoval has made slamming Sammy a cottage industry.