Former New York state Senate leader, John Sampson was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for lying and obstructing justice to cover up his misuse of escrow money in a case where a key witness against him was US-based Guyanese businessman, Ed Ahmad.
Brooklyn U.S. District Judge Dora Irizarry sentenced the former Democratic leader from Canarsie whose 2015 conviction was one in a series of corruption cases.
