ORLANDO, Fla. – Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg is expected to plead guilty Monday morning to six criminal charges including child sex trafficking, according to recently filed court records.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie R. Hoffman has scheduled a change of plea hearing for 10 a.m. Monday at the federal courthouse in downtown Orlando.
Under the plea agreement, Greenberg, 37, must provide “substantial assistance” with other government investigations and prosecutions.
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Greenberg will also be required to pay nearly $655,000 in restitution to his victims, including Seminole County taxpayers.
In exchange for his cooperation and guilty pleas, prosecutors agreed to drop 27 additional charges involving crimes that allegedly occurred in Greenberg’s personal life and while he was working as an elected official.
Court records signed by Greenberg outline the terms of the plea agreement and provide new details about the crimes to which he is now admitting, including sex trafficking of a child, production of a false document, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, stalking and conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S.
Nearly one year ago Greenberg was arrested for allegedly writing an anonymous letter and creating fake social media accounts intended to smear his political rival, a school employee, as a child molester.
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