Associate of Rep. Gaetz Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking, Agrees to Cooperate With Feds

Then-Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel during an interview at his office in Lake Mary, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2019. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP

An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking and other charges on May 17, agreeing to cooperate fully with U.S. prosecutors in a larger-scale investigation.

Magistrate Judge Leslie Hoffman accepted the guilty plea from Joel Greenberg, a former tax collector for Seminole County in Florida, at federal court in Orlando.