TITLE: Independence of Poisson random variables coming from Poisson sampling
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Context:
Let $x \in \mathbb{R}^n$ be the unknown probability vector of a finite discrete distribution $X$. We are able to sample $X$ and we want to learn $x$. 
Poissonization:
Each observation belongs to the $i^\text{th}$ category with probability $x_i$, thus for a sample of size $m \in \mathbb{N}$, the sum of the $i^\text{th}$ category follows a binomial distribution $B(x_i\ ,\ m)$. These binomial random variables are not independent since their sum is $m$ ($X$ is a distribution). However, I found a trick online : if you sum over a $M \sim \mathrm{Poisson}(m)$ sample size rather than $m$, the sum $M_i$ of the $i^\text{th}$ category is no longer binomial but follows $\mathrm{Poisson}(m \times x_i)$ law. Furthermore, these $n$ Poisson random variables are independent! I try to prove this.
My approach
I proved that $M_i \sim \mathrm{Poisson}(m \times x_i)$ for any $i$ :
$$ \sum_{j=0}^\infty \left(\ P[\mathrm{Poisson}(m)=j] \times P[B(p,j)=k]\ \right) = P[\mathrm{Poisson}(p\times m)=k]$$
$\iff$
$$ \sum_{j=k}^{\infty} \left(\ P[\mathrm{Poisson}(m)=j] \times P[B(p,j)=k]\ \right) = P[\mathrm{Poisson}(p\times m)=k]$$
$\iff$
$$ \sum_{j=k}^{\infty} \left(\frac{e^{-m} m^j}{j!} \times \frac{j!\ p^k (1-p)^{j-k}}{k!\ (j-k)!} \right) = \frac{e^{-pm} (p m)^k}{k!}$$
$\iff$
$$e^{-m} \sum_{j=k}^\infty \left(\frac{m^j (1-p)^{j-k}}{(j-k)!} \right) = e^{-pm} m^k$$
$\iff$
$$e^{-m} \sum_{j'=0}^\infty \left(\frac{m^{j'+k} (1-p)^{j'}}{j'!} \right) = e^{-pm} m^k$$
$\iff$
$$e^{-m} e^{m(1-p)} m^k = e^{-pm}m^k $$
$\square$
Now, how can I prove that all those $n$ random variables are independent ? I found this paper which states that even if $X_1$, $X_2$ and $X_1 + X_2$ are $\mathrm{Poisson}$, $X_1$ and $X_2$ don't have to be independent. But here we are not in the general case since we have $\sum\limits_{i=1}^n x_i = 1$.

REPLY [2 votes]: It appears that what you have in mind is that $x_1+\cdots+x_n=1$ and $x_1,\ldots,x_n$ are all non-negative.  You use some words in slightly non-standard ways; in particular you say $x$ is a distribution.  I'd have said $x$ is a parameter.  The number of observations is $M\sim\mathrm{Poisson}(m)$ and each observation is in the $i$th category with probability $x_i$.  If you let $M_i$ be the number in the $i$th category, then $M_i\sim\mathrm{Poisson}(mx_i)$.
If I understand correctly, your question is how to show that $M_1,\ldots,M_n$ are independent.  You have $M_1+\cdots+M_n=M$.
\begin{align}
& \Pr(M_1=k_1\ \&\ \cdots\ \&\ M_n=k_n) \\[6pt]
= {} & \Pr(M=k)\cdot\Pr(M_1=k_1\ \&\ \cdots\ \&\ M_n=k_n\mid M=k) \\[6pt]
= {} & \frac{m^k e^{-m}}{k!} \cdot \frac{k!}{k_1!\cdots k_n!} x_1^{k_1}\cdots x_n^{k_n} \\[6pt]
= {} & m^{k_1+\cdots+k_n} e^{-mx_1-\cdots-mx_n} \frac 1 {k_1!\cdots k_n!} x_1^{k_1}\cdots x_1^{k_n} \\[6pt]
= {} & \frac{(mx_1)^{k_1} e^{-mx_1}}{k_1!} \cdots \frac{(mx_n)^{k_n} e^{-mx_n}}{k_n!} \\[6pt]
= {} & \Pr(M_1=k_1)\cdots\Pr(M_n=k_n).
\end{align}