Former BOP Food Services Cook Supervisor Sentenced for Bribery

On October 21, 2025, Katelyn Gomez a/k/a Katelyn Chavez, a former BOP Food Service Cook Supervisor previously assigned to the Federal Correctional Institution El Reno (FCI El Reno) in Oklahoma, was sentenced in the Western District of Oklahoma to 18 months of imprisonment followed by 24 months of supervised release and ordered to pay a forfeiture judgment of $42,947 for one count of bribery of a public official. According to the plea agreement, from in or about September 2023, to in or about March 2024, Chavez received money in the form of CashApp payments in return for providing contraband, including methamphetamine, tetrahydrocannabinol, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and a cellular telephone, to inmates at FCI El Reno. The investigation was conducted by the OIG’s Dallas Office.