An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges including sex trafficking a minor.
Gaetz has long maintained his innocence and has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
Greenberg, who served as Seminole County tax collector for just over three years, was initially charged in 2020 with over 30 counts that included defrauding the Seminole County Tax Office out of hundreds of thousands of dollars through schemes ranging from buying sports memorabilia and cryptocurrency to paying women he met on a self-described "sugar daddy" website using the office credit card.
Judge Persnell, during sentencing Thursday, called Greenberg's degree of cooperation "more than I've seen in 22 years." But the court also came down hard on Greenberg by handing down a sentence on the highest end of the sentencing guidelines. Ahead of Thursday's sentencing, Greenberg's attorney issued a veiled criticism of the Justice Department's inaction against other individuals whom his client has implicated as part of his cooperation.
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