When shown by the cooperating witness his check register that had details of three checks the real estate associate made out to Mr. Sampson, Mr. Sampson took the register, according to the indictment.

WSJ: Brooklyn State Senator John Sampson Arrested

In July 2011, the real estate associate, who was not identified, was arrested in a mortgage fraud case, and subsequently agreed to cooperate in the investigation of Mr. Sampson, according to Ms. Lynch, who said that shortly after the associate was arrested, Mr. Sampson took several steps to determine if that investigation would ensnare him and to try to prevent that from happening.

WSJ: Brooklyn State Senator John Sampson Arrested

This afternoon I had lunch with real estate guru Peter Slatin, associate publisher of Real Capital Analytics, at Steak Frites in Manhattan to discuss how billionaires invested in real estate are faring.

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The 26-year-old associate real-estate broker, who lives in Hoboken, N.

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