Joel Greenberg, a former tax official and associate of the embattled Florida congressman, will cooperate with federal investigators as part of the deal.
This artist rendering shows Joel Greenberg, right, and his attorney Fritz Scheller, left, during a hearing in federal court in Orlando, Fla., on Monday. (AP Photo/Steve Bridges)
ORLANDO, Fla. (CN) — A former Florida tax collector and close associate of Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz pleaded guilty Monday to six federal charges, including child sex trafficking.
At a hearing inside the Orlando federal courthouse, Joel Greenberg formally changed his not guilty plea to guilty, days after prosecutors released an 86-page plea agreement that dropped dozens of charges in exchange for his cooperation in other federal investigations.