Office of the
Illinois Attorney General
Kwame Raoul

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced an Evanston, Illinois man charged by his office with sexual abuse committed against an individual with a disability pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.

Oscar Leon-Patino, 22, was sentenced on Friday by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Lorraine Murphy after pleading guilty to one Class 2 felony count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

“Instead of protecting an individual with a disability for whom he was supposed to be caring, the defendant instead egregiously violated the victim,” Raoul said. “I am pleased with today’s prison sentence and will continue to hold individuals accountable who prey on and abuse the most vulnerable among us.”

According to Raoul’s office, Leon-Patino worked as a laundry aide at an assisted-living facility in Evanston. Leon-Patino sexually abused a resident of the facility knowing the victim had a physical and intellectual disability.

The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) prosecuted this case following a referral from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The Evanston Police Department assisted the MFCU with the investigation.  

Raoul’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $12,292,668 for the federal government’s 2027 fiscal year. The remaining 25%, totaling $4,097,556 for the federal government’s 2027 fiscal year, is funded by the state of Illinois. 

Deputy Chief Steven Krueger and Assistant Attorney General Robert Sparano prosecuted the case for Raoul’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.