Sampson has denied charges
he embezzled escrow funds and also faces trial next year.
Not exact matches
The evidence at trial and publicly filed documents in the case established that, among other things, Sampson, as an attorney practicing in Brooklyn,
embezzled funds he held in
escrow from the sale of real estate properties.
On May 6, Sampson was accused by federal prosecutors of
embezzling $ 440,000 in
escrow funds he was responsible for handling as a court - appointed mortgage foreclosure referee, starting in 1998.