ORLANDO, Fla. — Federal prosecutors investigating the crimes of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg have charged two of Greenberg’s associates and accused them of a multimillion-dollar real estate fraud scheme, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.
Authorities say Keith Ingersoll and James Adamczyk, working with other unnamed co-conspirators, bilked an Orlando-area investor out of $12 million by persuading the investor to put up money for more than half a dozen fraudulent real estate deals in Florida, other states and The Bahamas.
Ingersoll and Adamcyzk claimed to the investor that they needed money to cover deposits on contracts they had signed to purchase various properties that they planned to immediately flip to other buyers — at least some of whom were fabricated, according to the indictment.
