Posted on 05/06/2013 9:31:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A New York state senator from Brooklyn was charged on Monday with stealing proceeds from sales of foreclosed properties to finance a failed run for district attorney, prosecutors said, making him the states latest politician to face federal criminal charges.
John Sampson, 47, a Democrat who has represented southeastern Brooklyn since 1997, was charged with nine counts including embezzlement, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.
Sampson, a practicing attorney for more than two decades, turned himself in and was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court Monday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty, and was released on a $250,000 bond.
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silly wabbit!
Should only steal funds from gov’t assistance programs, like Cumo did, and then you can have a successful campaign...
Need to read the whole Reuters article because there’s another Black crook in the NYC government also headed for stony lonesome for shaking down contributors.
Gee, but he looks like such an honorable, upstanding guy.
For a crackhead
Another criminal Rat basta-- Who'd a thunk it?
In the second sentence? Hand me my heart pills!
In NY, corruption and stupidity know no political bounds.
I have no doubt about that, but it seems almost unheard of, that the media mention that he is a Rat basta--
He’s a Democrat AND he’s black.
That means he’s innocent, and his accusers are racists.
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