KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A former prison guard was indicted Wednesday on federal charges alleging he received more than $200,000 in bribes for smuggling tobacco to prisoners in Leavenworth Penitentiary, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.

Marc Buckner, 46, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with one count of accepting bribes. The indictment alleges that from 2005 to 2014 while he worked at the prison he accepted more than $200,000 in bribes. He received approximately $750 from inmates each time he smuggled tobacco into the prison.

If convicted, he faces a penalty of up to 15 years in federal prison and a fine up to three times the value of the contraband. The FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jabari Wamble is prosecuting.