NEW YORK, CMC – United States federal prosecutors have charged a powerful Caribbean American legislator with embezzlement.
New York State senator, John L. Sampson, who represents the largely Caribbean 19th Senatorial District in Brooklyn, had been charged with stealing funds from the sale of foreclosed properties and using the money to help finance his race for Brooklyn district attorney.
Sampson, a lawyer and a former leader of New York State’s Democratic caucus, is currently the ranking Democrat on the State Senate Judiciary Committee as well as the Senate Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
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