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FOUR EMPLOYEES TERMINATED, ONE RETIRES FOR PARTICIPATING A MEDICAL FRAUD SCHEME
Four Chicago-based employees were terminated from employment on June 18, July 6, and July 9, 2020, and another retired on June 25, 2020, prior to her administrative hearing.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-340 | 07/09/2020
Investigative Summaries
MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER SENTENCED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
John Mckoy previously pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on June 14, 2019, to multiple health care fraud charges related to a scheme to defraud Amtrak’s health care plan.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-338 | 07/08/2020
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to charges against ten in $1.4 billion health care fraud scheme
For Immediate Release
July 2, 2020
07/02/2020
Investigative Summaries
FIVE INDIVIDUALS PLEAD GUILTY TO HEALTH INSURANCE FRAUD SCHEME, SENTENCED TO PRISON, ORDERED TO PAY $62,836 RESTITUTION
Five individuals who worked for Empire Care Dental at various California locations, including one dentist, one dental hygienist, and three office managers pleaded guilty to Health Insurance Fraud and to Practicing Dentistry Without a License.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-337 | 06/25/2020
Investigative Summaries
THREE EMPLOYEES TERMINATED FOR ALLOWING A DOCTOR TO FRAUDULENTLY BILL AMTRAK’S HEALTH PLAN
A Technician in Los Angeles was terminated from employment on May 20, 2020, and a Customer Service Supervisor and an Operations Supervisor from Los Angeles were terminated from employment on June 23, 2020, following their administrative hearings.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-333 | 06/23/2020
Investigative Summaries
FORMER CONTRACTOR VIOLATED POLICY BY WRONGFULLY UPLOADING SENSITIVE AND PROPRIETARY COMPANY DATA
A contractor providing information technology security services for Amtrak violated company policies by wrongfully uploading sensitive and proprietary Amtrak data to his personal Google cloud storage and a personally owned USB flash drive without
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-328 | 06/02/2020
Investigative Summaries
ONE EMPLOYEE TERMINATED, ONE RESIGNS FROM THE COMPANY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY AND THEFT
One Amtrak electrician in Beech Grove, Indiana, resigned from his position on May 4, 2020, and a second was terminated from employment on May 11, 2020, following his administrative hearing.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-326 | 05/11/2020
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE RETIRES AFTER DISABLING DASH CAM SYSTEM IN COMPANY ASSIGNED VEHICLE
A Communications and Signals employee violated Amtrak policy by repeatedly disabling the Dash Cam system—designed to monitor and record incidents of unsafe driving—in his company-assigned vehicle, including on December 1, 2019, when he was involve
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-325 | 05/06/2020
Investigative Summaries
AMTRAK OFFICIALS COUNSELED FOR INAPPROPRIATE USE OF COMPANY EMAIL
Two senior-level employees in Washington, D.C., were counseled about misuse of company email as a result of an OIG investigation.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-332 | 05/01/2020
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE RESIGNS AFTER ENGAGING IN OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT WHILE ON FMLA LEAVE
An Amtrak electrician in Chicago, Illinois, resigned from employment on April 14, 2020, following our investigation which revealed the employee violated company policies by establishing a business and using it to engage in fraudulent credit card s
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-322 | 04/14/2020