![]() However, he told CNN a week ago that the Congressional investigation is “not something I am worried about. Representatives for Gaetz did not return requests for comment in time. Greenberg is currently serving an 11-year sentence after pleading guilty to several federal crimes - including trafficking a teenager, stalking a political rival, stealing identities and using public money to pay for sex and cryptocurrency. If convicted, Shirley faces up to 20 years in prison based on federal sentencing guidelines. It’s likely that Greenberg, along with former state legislator and lobbyist Chris Dorworth, employees of the Tax Collector’s Office, and his former colleagues serving jail time, will be called to testify during the weeklong trial, according to the U.S. Shirley faces charges that he paid bribes and received kickbacks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in return for getting favorable treatment from the Tax Collector’s Office under Greenberg’s tenure. On Monday, the trial for Greenberg’s longtime political consultant, Michael Courtney Shirley, will start in a federal courtroom in downtown Orlando. ![]() ![]() When federal prosecutors first charged former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg in mid-2020, it launched a series of other criminal investigations and eventually led to the indictments of half-a-dozen of his friends and business partners - including a political consultant, a sports radio talk show host, a pair of real estate investors, a federal employee, and the owner of a golf business. ![]()
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