Ex-Florida tax collector Joel Greenberg to plead guilty to 6 counts, cooperate with federal investigators in plea agreement

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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO, Fla. — Days before he was first arrested for stalking a political rival, Joel Greenberg was in the midst of preparing a fraudulent application for a COVID-19 relief loan, with the help of a government employee he’d later bribe. If there was any doubt of his untoward intentions for the aid funds, Greenberg erased it with a text message. “How quickly can I blow it all on p-ssy?†he asked. Greenberg, Seminole County’s disgraced former tax collector, will plead guilty to six federal crimes — including sex trafficking of a child — in a deal that calls for him to cooperate with federal inve…