Investigation Reports
1 - 10 of 355 Results
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR INAPPROPRIATE USE OF LEAVE
A Customer Service Representative in Joliet, Illinois, was terminated from employment on March 16, 2020, following an administrative hearing for violating company policy.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-318 | 03/16/2020
Investigative Summaries
COMPUTER TECH USES AMTRAK RESOURCES AND COMPANY TIME TO CONDUCT TRAVEL AGENCY BUSINESS
A Computer Tech based in Bear, Delaware, violated Amtrak policies by conducting consultation work for a travel agency while using company equipment and resources on company time.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-319 | 03/16/2020
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS PROBATION, ORDERED TO PAY $34,030 RESTITUTION FOR THEFT
A former Los Angeles-based Amtrak employee was sentenced in Los Angeles Municipal Court on March 13, 2020, to three years of probation, ordered to pay $34,030 in restitution to Amtrak, and to complete 90 days of community service.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2019-317 | 03/13/2020
Investigative Summaries
NEW YORK RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN AMTRAK EVOUCHER SCAM
Adam Micek, a resident of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on February 20, 2020, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his involvement in an Amtrak eVoucher scheme.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-314 | 02/20/2020
Investigative Summaries
TWENTY-ONE EMPLOYEES COUNSELED FOR RECEIPT OF DIFFERENTIAL PAY TO WHICH THEY WERE NOT ENTITLED
Twenty-one Amtrak machinists and supervisors were coached and counseled between October 31, 2019 and February 16, 2020, after our investigation determined the employees received temporary pay increases they were not entitled to.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-315 | 02/16/2020
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG investigation leads to prison sentence, $2.68 million restitution payment for fraudster who bilked millions from Amtrak’s insurance plan
For Immediate Release
February 5, 2020
02/05/2020
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT A CRIMINAL CONVICTION
An Amtrak Passenger Conductor in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment on January 23, 2020, following the employee’s administrative hearing for violating company policy.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-313 | 01/23/2020
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR SOLICITING MONEY, ACCEPTING GIFTS FROM CONTRACTOR; ANOTHER REPRIMANDED FOR MISUSE OF COMPANY PROPERTY
An Amtrak senior employee in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment on January 21, 2020, and a Los Angeles-based senior employee in Mechanical Operations was issued a written reprimand on the same date following the issuance of ou
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-316 | 01/21/2020
Investigative Summaries
SCHEME TO DEFRAUD AMTRAK RESULTS IN GUILTY PLEA
Ryan Taylor Minter, of Calumet City, Illinois, pleaded guilty in the Central District of Illinois to charges of wire fraud on December 20, 2019.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-312 | 01/17/2020
Investigative Summaries
THREE EMPLOYEES TERMINATED, TWO RESIGN FOR VIOLATION OF COMPANY POLICY RELATED TO A MEDICAL FRAUD SCHEME
Three Chicago-based employees were terminated from employment on December 20 and December 23, 2019, and two more resigned on December 18, 2019 and January 2, 2020, in lieu of termination prior to their administrative hearings.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-311 | 01/16/2020
