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Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty to numerous charges and agreed to cooperate with an investigation into the Florida congressman.

(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector who sources say agreed to cooperate in the federal probe into his one-time close associate, Rep. Matt Gaetz, was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to crimes ranging from wire fraud to sex trafficking a minor. Greenberg pleaded guilty last May

Joel Greenberg's arrest led to a federal investigation of his friend, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, into whether he paid a 17-year-old girl for sex.

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Micah Greenberg to at least 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of child sex trafficking, stalking, and wire fraud. However, the judge appeared to suggest in court Wednesday that 10 years was not a long enough sentence.

Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, whose arrest led to a federal probe into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, was sentenced to eleven years in prison on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to charges of child sex trafficking, stalking, and wire fraud.