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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
National
Martin E. Comas

Seminole County to hire law firm for effort to recoup public money allegedly misspent by former tax collector Joel Greenberg

ORLANDO, Fla. — Seminole County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to hire a law firm to help analyze how much the county would be able to recoup from Joel Greenberg, the disgraced former tax collector accused of doling out public money on personal legal bills and other unjustified or fraudulent expenditures.

Greenberg — who resigned last June after he was arrested — currently faces 33 federal charges, including allegations that he embezzled taxpayer funds. He has pleaded not guilty in federal court but is expected to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors by May 15.

County Attorney Bryant Applegate told commissioners that he is negotiating with an Orlando law firm and could spend up to $75,000 to help his staff study how much money Seminole would be able to be reimbursed.

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