Former South Carolina prison captain pleads guilty to a $ 279,000 bribe scheme – WBTV

Columbia, SC (WBTV) – a former prison captain in South Carolina Recently pleaded guilty to a fee related to her role in a large -scale bribery scheme.

Federal court officials said 47-year-old Christine Mary Livingston had been paid at least $ 279,000 bribe between July 2018 and November 2021. From this money, evidence shows that over $ 225,000 was transferred to her personal bank accounts.

Livingston uses some of the money to shop, withdraws money and to buy cryptocurrency.

Officials said Livingston bribed at least 45 prisoners and three prisoners family members in exchange for smuggling of smuggling within Colombia in the number of river in Colombia.

One of her duties as a captain was to manage security operations and was responsible for the implementation of smuggling policy and law. She took this responsibility from 2016 to 2021.

While Livingston was performing the scheme, court officials said she had bought at least 173 mobile phones, 130 SIM cards, telephone accessories, headsets, screen protectors and chargers. She had at least 14 bills for a payment platform – like Cashapp – which had fake names but were bound by her bank account.

“Livingston also uses his position for personal, criminal profit that threatens other employees and those placed in the Corey Institute of River,” said US lawyer Adir Ford Boros. “We will continue to work with [South Carolina Department of Corrections] To pursue those who commit crimes on the walls of the prison. “

The former prison captain has officially pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to check with Wire Services.

Forensic officials said that with his guilty legal basis, Livingston could face up to 20 years in the federal prison, followed by eight years of court supervision. It can also encounter $ 250,000 fines and can be ordered to take the full value of the bribe. It will be sentenced in the morning of June 30.

Livingston was a 16-year-old veteran from the state prison system when he resigned in November 2021.

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