Ex-Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg agrees to pay Seminole County nearly $2M in restitution
Source: ABC News
Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, the one-time associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz who in May pled guilty to multiple charges including sex trafficking a minor, has reached a verbal agreement to pay back the county over $1.8 million in restitution, according to the Seminole County attorney.
County Attorney Bryant Applegate told Seminole County commissioners on Tuesday that he had reached a "verbal" deal for Greenberg -- Gaetz's self-described one-time wingman -- to pay back nearly $1.9 million in restitution related to his time in office, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to ABC News.
If Greenberg fails to pay the restitution, the county will move to go after other entities, the source said.
Greenberg's lawyer, Fritz Schiller, confirmed the verbal agreement to ABC News.
Greenberg, who reached a plea deal earlier this year and has been cooperating in the ongoing federal investigation into potential sex trafficking allegations against Gaetz and others, was initially charged with over 30 counts last year, including 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.
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...did not know he was that wealthy. I do believe ex-buddy Matt is rich.
