Former BOP Correctional Officer Pleaded Guilty to Bribery and Money Laundering

On January 28, 2026, a former BOP correctional officer pleaded guilty to twenty-four counts of bribery and sixteen counts of money laundering. Ashley Brown, who was previously assigned to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) located in Jessup, Georgia, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in the Southern District of Georgia. According to the Indictment, from on or about May 21, 2022, through September 22, 2022, Brown accepted twenty-four bribes, via Cash App, totaling $29,000.  Brown then transferred those payments between multiple Cash App accounts to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, and ownership of the bribery payments. The investigation is being conducted by the OIG’s Charleston Locale.