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Joel Greenberg: The Man. The Scandal. The Players.

Dec 2, 2022

Eleven years in federal prison. That’s the punishment U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell gave Joel Greenberg, Seminole County’s former tax collector, for carrying out a staggeringly broad crime spree that the judge described as having “no precedent.” Though the judge suggested he felt the sentence was perhaps...


Nov 23, 2022

In meetings with investigators, Joel Greenberg described widespread corruption in Central Florida politics. Lucrative jobs and contracts doled out as political favors. Cash handoffs to avoid detection. Developers pulling the strings of public officials. And a who’s-who of local politicians and influential figures...


Dec 28, 2021

In this episode of Joel Greenberg: The Man, The Scandal, The Players, we’re going to bring you up to speed on recent developments in the investigation and the efforts to make Greenberg’s victims whole, and also look ahead to the new year, which has the potential to be a very eventful one.

  • One final delay (3:32)


Jul 2, 2021

This episode of Joel Greenberg, The Man, The Scandal, The Players, focuses on elaborate schemes to intimidate and destroy the reputations of Save Rural Seminole leaders using bogus social media accounts and anonymous letters.

  • Save Rural Seminole (:00)
  • Jacob Engels emails Trinity Prep (5:41)
  • Smear letters arrive...


Jun 4, 2021

This episode of Joel Greenberg, The Man, The Scandal, The Players, focuses on the connections between Congressman Matt Gaetz and other key figures in Florida's medical marijuana industry.

  • 2014 law launches Florida’s marijuana industry (:00)
  • Last-minute tweaks to Charlotte’s Web law (4:13)
  • Nurseries, Investors,...