November 02, 2018
Imprisoned former New York state Sen. John Sampson pled guilty Friday to embezzling from two foreclosure transactions during his 18-year statehouse tenure, but a Brooklyn federal judge declined to immediately accept his admission under a plea deal that cuts her out of what would be his second sentencing related to the 2008 thefts.
October 31, 2018
Former New York state Sen. John Sampson, already jailed in a real estate corruption case, agreed to plead guilty to recently revived embezzlement charges related to his conviction in exchange for a sentence that adds zero jail time but makes him repay more than $91,000, prosecutors told a Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday.
January 18, 2017
The former minority leader of the New York state Senate was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison on his conviction for obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents in connection with a corruption case over his alleged embezzlement of real estate funds.
February 26, 2016
A federal judge on Friday refused to overturn jury verdicts convicting New York State Sen. John L. Sampson of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents in a corruption case over his embezzlement of real estate funds, finding enough evidence to convict him.
January 14, 2016
Brooklyn U.S. District Judge Dora Lizette Irizarry showed little inclination Thursday to grant post-trial acquittals to former New York State Senate Minority Leader John L. Sampson after a jury found him guilty of obstruction charges stemming from allegedly corrupt real estate transactions and of lies about a business in tax arrears.
September 15, 2015
New York State Sen. John L. Sampson asked a federal judge Monday to reverse his conviction on two counts in a corruption case accusing him of embezzling funds held in escrow for real estate transactions, arguing that the government's evidence is shaky.
July 24, 2015
A New York federal jury on Friday found New York State Sen. John L. Sampson guilty of obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal agents in a corruption case accusing the former state Senate minority leader of embezzling funds held in escrow for real estate transactions.
May 05, 2015
Jurors in New York State Sen. John L. Sampson's upcoming trial over claims that he obstructed justice and lied about a business in tax arrears will hear evidence related to dismissed embezzlement charges, a New York federal judge ruled Monday.
February 18, 2015
A New York federal judge appeared willing Wednesday to allow evidence related to dismissed charges of embezzlement into New York State Sen. John L. Sampson's upcoming corruption trial as prosecutors seek to prove the former Democratic Senate Leader spent years obstructing justice and lied about a stake in a business in tax arrears.
February 03, 2014
Prosecutors on Monday unveiled an updated indictment against Brooklyn Democratic Sen. John L. Sampson, a lawyer and former top party leader in Albany, N.Y., adding charges that he lied about a stake in a city business in tax arrears to allegations that he embezzled foreclosure sale proceeds.