Siegmeister defrauded $985K, according to FBI

By John Willoughby Riverbend News A federal investigation into a former State Attorney's public corruption has revealed further misdeeds. Now, Jeffrey Siegmeister's property in Live Oak could be seized after a complaint for forfeiture was filed by the United States District Court of the Middle District of Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The document alleges that Siegmeister's property “was purchased with proceeds of wire fraud or derived from proceeds traceable to wire fraud,” from a scheme that began two years before his election into office as State Attorney of the Third Judicial Circuit but continued during his time in office. An investigation was initiated by the Federal