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Haley Jane
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Some interesting details about the case involving former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg—from whom the allegations against Matt Gaetz originated:
Greenberg, now serving an 11-year sentence for various public corruption crimes, facilitated part of his embezzlement scheme through Government Blockchain Systems, LLC, a company he co-founded in July 2019 with then-22-year-old Samuel Armes.
Armes had recently graduated from FSU, where he participated in a training program that included a stint in Jerusalem to learn Arabic so he could “maybe be an informant” in the Middle East. He described the program as having “groomed” him for intelligence roles with agencies like the CIA or FBI—a background he attributes to his involvement in cryptocurrency. The program aimed to prepare him to “become a member of the Feds” upon graduation, which is when he reportedly first met and became involved with Greenberg in 2018.
Shortly after, in early 2019, Greenberg hired Armes to set up a bitcoin operation at the Seminole County Tax Office—a venture that later became part of Greenberg’s legal troubles. This operation, in part, contributed to the criminal charges against Greenberg and, by extension, the allegations against Gaetz.
These allegations, originating from Greenberg—who is known for his pattern of making fraudulent claims—came as part of his bid to secure a reduced prison sentence.
Here is Armes discussing how he was“groomed” for intelligence roles before his involvement with Greenberg:
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>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-TRANSCRIPT-CTRL0000916110/pdf/GPO-J6-TRANSCRIPT-CTRL0000916110.pdf
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