The Brief
- Pinellas County businessman Leo Govoni faces 15 criminal charges, according to a federal grand jury indictment.
- Govoni and his business partner, John Weitek, are accused of stealing $100 million from trust funds for people with disabilities.
- Govoni faces 265 years in prison and Weitek faces 220 years in prison.
TAMPA, Fla. – Pinellas County businessman, Leo Govoni, and his partner, John Weitek, who are accused of stealing $100 million from trust funds for people with disabilities, are now both facing over 200 years in jail, according to United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Greg Kehoe.
Case against Leo Govoni
The backstory:
Govoni has been in the spotlight ever since the Center for Special Needs Trust Administration, the St. Petersburg nonprofit which he founded in 2000, went bankrupt in April 2024.
The nonprofit oversaw the trust fund accounts of disabled clients, many of whom counted on that money to be there for medical and living expenses for the rest of their lives.…