This is the American Greek podcast presented by CNBC. I'm Stacey Keech.

In this episode of American Greed, the wingman, a small town politician goes on a

brazen crime spree that reaches all the way to the nation's capital.

To understand his case is to understand like 12 different tentacles of criminality

that are all different in and of themselves.

Homer Joel Greenberg has just been elected to local office in Seminal County, Florida.

It's like did he wake up and say, oh, hey, I'm going to be tax collector today.

A millennial born into money and privilege, he begins almost immediately to abuse his power

with all the respectful crap stealing from his office.

And the next thing you know, Joe's making money.

Paying for sex with a minor.

He was using the credit cards that he had for more to pay for some of these transactions.

Scheming against rivals, colleagues, even the federal government.

He texted his buddy to say, how soon can I blow it all on p***y?

But it's only when his case appears to ensnare a famous congressman that it hits the national stage.

We're learning some explosive new details surrounding the Justice Department's investigation into Florida,

or to GOP Congress and Matt Gates.

Featuring exclusive stories from Greenberg's days as a wannabe shotgun.

I had just graduated high school.

He would ask me to go out for a couple of drinks.

New details of his alleged scheming.

And he said, I want to get some ransomware together to put on the network.

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