Series of Sexting Cases Emerge Involving FBI Employees

Even the FBI is not immune to sexting.

A recent CNN article discusses how FBI employees received documents and reports aimed at stopping sex-related behaviors on the job, including sexting in the workplace. The documents reported on incidences of employees sending sexual messages or photos to each other, noting that the activity took place on phones and tools given to employees for use by the government. The article also called the sexting events a “rash,” indicating that there were several.

In an interview with CNN, an FBI executive said the message is to remind employees and those who supervise them that sexting in the workplace isn’t allowable, and especially not on phones issued by the agency to conduct work. While exact names or work offices of the employees weren’t named, the reports and others from recent years do share some general details of misconduct.

Disciplinary measures were taken by the FBI toward the employees, with indications that sending sexted photos to other team members could have negative effects on work teams. An FBI employee was also reported to have engaged in a sex act at a massage facility and was given a two-week suspension; another received five days of suspension time for sending sexted messages to a fellow coworker.

Sexting in the workplace has been reported across numerous sectors, as well as rising numbers of pornography being accessed online during business hours. Other reports pinpoint the high cost of the activities on employee productivity and performance. Experts warn that no images or message sent across technological devices are truly private, and that excessive online sex behaviors can be both progressive and addictive over time – regardless of career status, social status levels or life stages.