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AMTRAK CONTRACTING OFFICER SENTENCED IN $7.6M CONTRACT STEERING SCHEME
A former Amtrak employee was sentenced on January 22, 2019, in U.S. District Court to a year and one day incarceration for federal program bribery. Also, the court ordered the employee to forfeit funds and property totaling $20,042.
Tracking Number: OIG-I-2019-304 | 01/22/2019
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EMPLOYEES DISCIPLINED FOR MISUSE OF AMTRAK COMPUTERS
An Amtrak Foreman was formally reprimanded and disqualified from his current position on January 22, 2019, for one year after he admitted to violating the company’s Standards of Excellence and Acceptable Use policies for computer and network syste
Tracking Number: OIG-I-2019-305 | 01/22/2019
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EMPLOYEE RESIGNS WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT FALSIFIED DOCUMENT
An Amtrak Service Engineer resigned from employment on December 20, 2018, following a joint investigation with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) OIG which revealed the employee simultaneously worked at both Amtrak and New York’s MTA.
Tracking Number: OIG-I-2019-303 | 12/20/2018
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Amtrak OIG supported investigation leads to guilty plea, sentencing in Florida health care fraud case
Dec. 19, 2018
For Immediate Release
12/19/2018
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EMPLOYEE RESIGNS AFTER ADMISSION TO THEFT FROM EMPLOYEE FUND
An Amtrak employee in Los Angeles, California, resigned from employment on December 4, 2018, following our investigation which revealed the employee stole money from the Employee Committee Fund.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2019-308 | 12/04/2018
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EMPLOYEES DISCIPLINED FOR TIME CARD FRAUD
An Amtrak Building and Bridges Supervisor in Baltimore, Maryland, was terminated from employment following an administrative hearing on October 23, 2018, for violating company policy by claiming and receiving pay for unworked hours and instructing
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2019-301 | 11/07/2018
Investigations Press Release
Two Individuals and a Corporation Sentenced for Their Roles in Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Smart Lab LLC, and the corporation’s Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officers were sentenced Nov.
11/01/2018
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to guilty plea for unlawful distribution of controlled substances
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Medical Director of a substance abuse treatment center in Wellington, Florida, pleaded guilty October 18, 2018, to unlawfully distributing controlled substances (opioids, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines).
10/18/2018
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EMPLOYEE COUNSELED FOR PROVIDING WRITTEN ENDORSEMENT OF A COMPANY VENDOR
An Amtrak Foreman in Chicago, Illinois, was issued a letter of counseling on September 9, 2018, for providing an unauthorized written endorsement of a company vendor. The written endorsement was posted on the vendor’s website.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-332 | 09/09/2018
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG supported investigation leads to conviction in Disadvantaged Business Program scheme
PHILADELPHIA – Alpha Painting and Construction, Inc., and a project manager with the company were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and ten counts of making false statements in the U.S.
09/07/2018