NYS Attorney/Politician Who Dodged Criminal Prosecution (Because Of Expired Statute Of Limitations) For Ripping Off Over $400K In Surplus Proceeds Held In Trust While Working As Court-Appointed Foreclosure Sale Referee Gets Five Years Prison Time For Lying To Feds When Questioned About Pilfered Loot

In Brooklyn, New York, the New York Post reports:

• He’s sorry all right — but mostly for himself.
  
  Disgraced ex-state Sen. John Sampson waffled [last week] about how he’s been “suffering” because of his corruption conviction, as a judge sentenced him to five years behind bars.
  
  The once-powerful Brooklyn Democrat took a moment in his mostly self-serving statement to “apologize for my actions” — but failed to say sorry to the constituents that elected him to the very office he abused.
  
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  A jury found the 51-year-old guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI about illegally skimming more than $400,000 from foreclosure deals he worked on as a court-appointed referee.
  
  Embezzlement charges against him were dropped ahead of trial because the statute of limitations ran out.
  
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  The judge [] noted that Sampson — a now-disbarred attorney — was driven by greed, even though he and his wife earned hefty salaries.
  
  “What level of greed do you have to have to engage in this conduct?” she said.

For the story, see John Sampson sentenced to five years in prison for corruption.