Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions witnesses throughout a Home Armed Companies Committee listening to on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Picture/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
ORLANDO, FLA. --
A former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal probe into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz needs a choose to delay his sentencing scheduled for subsequent month for one more time as he continues to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
Joel Greenberg's lawyer on Friday requested a federal choose in Orlando, Florida, to permit him to file a movement in search of a delay within the sentencing listening to at the moment scheduled for March 29. U.S. District Choose Gregory Presnell beforehand granted two delays.
In courtroom papers, Greenberg's lawyer mentioned his shopper had been cooperating with federal prosecutors in Orlando and Washington in energetic investigations.
Lawyer Fritz Scheller mentioned he supposed to file a movement outlining the explanations for the extension however that it contained "delicate" details about the investigations, in addition to Greenberg's cooperation. Due to the confidential nature of that info, that request and any subsequent listening to must be sealed and stored out of the general public eye, Scheller mentioned within the courtroom papers.
The choose in a while Friday granted the request to seal the movement asking for a delay.
Greenberg is going through as much as 12 years in jail after pleading responsible final Could to 6 federal crimes, together with intercourse trafficking of a kid, id theft, stalking, wire fraud and conspiracy to bribe a public official.
Greenberg's plea settlement with prosecutors requires continued cooperation with an ongoing probe into intercourse trafficking. His cooperation may play a job in an ongoing investigation into Gaetz, a Republican pal of his who represents a lot of the Florida Panhandle. Gaetz was accused of paying a 17-year-old lady for intercourse. He has denied the allegations and beforehand mentioned they have been a part of an extortion plot.
On this June 23, 2020, file picture, Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg leaves the federal courthouse in Orlando after making a primary look following his indictment on a federal stalking cost. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel through AP, File)
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