Борьба с коррупцией
Former Corrections
Officer Sentenced to Federal Prison After Acccepting Bribes from Inmates
U.S. Attorney’s OfficeNovember
26, 2014
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Middle
District of Florida(813) 274-6000
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OCALA, FL—Senior U.S.
District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges yesterday sentenced Jason Monroe Epstein (29,
Orlando) to 18 months in federal prison for receipt of a bribe by a public
official. Epstein previously pleaded guilty to the offense on September 9, 2014.
According to court
documents, between April 1, 2012 and April 30, 2014, Epstein worked as a
penitentiary corrections officer at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in
Sumter County, Florida. During that time, federal agents received reliable
information from inmates at the facility that Epstein had been accepting
monetary payments in return for smuggling tobacco and marijuana into the
prison. Further investigation resulted in recorded conversations between
Epstein and the inmates, in which Epstein admitted to accepting the bribes.
When confronted by investigators, Epstein confessed that he had received
“hundreds of dollars” in illegal payments from the inmates and that he had
smuggled the contraband into the prison for them on at least “three or four”
occasions.
This case was
investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of
Justice- Office of the Inspector General. It was prosecuted by Assistant United
States Attorney Robert E. Bodnar, Jr.
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