Shaheed “Roger” Khan and Ed Ahmad likely to testify against NY State Senator

Shaheed “Roger” Khan and Ed Ahmad likely to testify against New York State Senator

Sen. John Sampson

Sunday, 24 May 2015 12:04 – Written by  Demerara Waves

 Reproduced from New York Post

Guyanese death squad drug lord ; Jagdeo’s friend Ed Ahmad likely to testify against New York State Senator

One was the drug-trafficking leader of a South American death squad. The other is a former airline baggage handler now serving a life sentence for drug running.

Shaheed “Roger” Khan and Victor Bourne are just a few in a rogue’s gallery of possible witnesses whose stories or testimony will figure into the upcoming trial of Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson.

New York: Prosecutors move to collect US$500,000 from Ed Ahmad

Facing jail: Edul Ahmad

DECEMBER 2, 2014 | BY KNEWS |

More than two years after pleading guilty to mortgage fraud spanning a period of 15 years, Guyanese-born real estate mogul, Edul Ahmad is set to pay over US$500,000 he agreed to pay as part of the forfeiture process.

On November 28th, US Attorneys wrote Judge Dora Irizarry of the Eastern District of New York, asking that she grant a forfeiture order.

Ahmad, well known in Guyana for his hardware business and other interests, has to pay the monies before he is sentenced.

It is now more than likely that the New York-based businessman is to be sentenced soon.

Ed Ahmad sinks NY State Senator Sampson who planned to “take out” witnesses

Ed Ahmad sinks NY State Senator Sampson who planned to “take out” witnesses

Written by New York Daily News

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 06:02  – Demerara Waves

Brooklyn State Senator John Sampson (center) and his attorney Zachary Carter (right) leave Brooklyn Federal Court on Monday May 6, 2013. (New York Daily News photo) They’ve been charged with taking bribes, lying under oath, even trying to buy their way into office — but until now, there has never been a political corruption case in New York like this. State Sen. John Sampson was charged Monday with embezzling $440,000 and using some of it to bankroll a bid for one of the highest law enforcement jobs in the city, Brooklyn district attorney. And when he feared getting caught, he told an associate he could track down informants and “take them out,” according to an indictment unsealed Monday. Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch called it “one of the most extreme examples of hubris and arrogance we have ever seen.” She said Sampson even pressed a high school friend working in her office, paralegal Sam Noel, to uncover information that might ease his mounting legal troubles.