Investigation Reports
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Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
An Amtrak senior management official based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on February 21, 2025, as a result of our investigation.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2025-316 | 02/21/2025
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE RESIGNS DURING OIG INVESTIGATION INTO OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT
An Amtrak employee working remotely from Texas resigned during our investigation into allegations that she was also working full time for another company since March 2023 during the same hours of the day.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2025-317 | 02/20/2025
Investigations Press Release
OIG investigation leads to guilty plea in 30th Street Station bribery case
February 14, 2025
02/14/2025
Investigations Press Release
Two Amtrak employees plead guilty after accepting kickbacks in $11 million health care fraud case
February 12, 2025
02/12/2025
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE RESIGNS WHILE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ENGAGING IN OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT WHILE ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE
An Amtrak passenger conductor based in Sacramento, California, resigned from his position on February 5, 2025, while under investigation.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2025-321 | 02/05/2025
Investigative Summaries
PATIENT BROKER SENTENCED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME; ANOTHER PLEADS GUILTY
Kevin Leonard, a Tennessee resident, was sentenced on January 31, 2025, in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, for health care fraud. Leonard was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to forfeit $234,000.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2025-320 | 01/31/2025
Investigative Summaries
ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN RESIGNS AFTER FAILING TO REPORT ARREST AND TAKING FMLA WHILE INCARCERATED
An Electrical Technician based in Washington, D.C., was arrested for driving more than 100 miles per hour while pursued by police and passing vehicles on the shoulder. He was charged with driving under the influence and other driving violations.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2025-312 | 01/29/2025
Investigative Summaries
FLORIDA MAN SENTENCED FOR FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD
Ernesto Ruiz of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty on January 29, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Orange County, State of Florida, to fraudulent use of a credit card.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2025-315 | 01/29/2025
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY AND SENTENCED FOR FRAUDULENT RECEIPT OF PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT RELATED FUNDS
A train director based in Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on January 27, 2025, in Marion Superior Court, Indiana, to felony theft. The same day, the employee was sentenced to a 545-day suspended sentence and 545 days of probation.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2025-318 | 01/27/2025
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR ENGAGING IN OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT WHILE ON A MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE
An Amtrak passenger engineer based in Miami, Florida, was terminated from employment on January 24, 2025, following an administrative hearing.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2025-314 | 01/24/2025