Matt Gaetz friend handed 11-year prison term in US sex trafficking case

Former tax collector Joel Greenberg apologizes in court for shameful conduct' after pleading guilty to six federal crimes

A former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal investigation into US congressman Matt Gaetz has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor and other offenses.

Joel Greenberg, former tax collector for Seminole county, was accused of stalking a political opponent, public corruption, making fake licenses and scheming to submit false claims for a federal loan.