Investigative Press Releases
March 19, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to charges in California health care fraud scheme
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March 19, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO — The co-founders of a San Francisco-based microbiome testing company were charged… Read more
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March 10, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to arrest, charges in alleged theft case
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March 10, 2021
NEWARK, N.J. — An Amtrak employee was arrested Monday night for allegedly stealing chainsaws and… Read more
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February 11, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Delaware manufacturing executive sentenced to prison for bribing former Amtrak official
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February 11, 2021
PHILADELPHIA — An executive for a manufacturing firm was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to… Read more
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February 11, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to guilty pleas in $14 million health care fraud, kickback scheme
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February 11, 2021
LOS ANGELES — A pharmacy and its owner pleaded guilty on February 5, 2021, to charges related to a… Read more
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November 25, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
US brings civil False Claims Act suit against Delaware company in Amtrak bid rigging, bribery case
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November 25, 2020
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed suit… Read more
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September 30, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Michigan man sentenced to six years in prison for Amtrak ticket fraud scheme
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September 30, 2020
DETROIT — A Milan man was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison on September 25, 2020, after an… Read more
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September 30, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to prison time, $1.2 million restitution order for health care fraud scheme and tax evasion
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September 30, 2020
Portland, Ore. — A Springfield woman who owned several durable medical equipment stores in Oregon was… Read more
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September 29, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to prison time, $28 million restitution order for health care fraud scheme
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September 29, 2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced today to 34 months in federal prison… Read more
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August 07, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to charges in $618 million substance abuse treatment fraud scheme
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August 7, 2020
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida doctor was charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud and… Read more
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July 02, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to charges against ten in $1.4 billion health care fraud scheme
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July 2, 2020
Ten individuals, including hospital managers, laboratory owners, and billers and recruiters were charged… Read more
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