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EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT CONVICTION AND USING SICK LEAVE WHILE INCARCERATED
An Amtrak sheet metal worker/mechanic based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on June 18, 2021, following his administrative hearing.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-344 | 06/18/2021
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FORMER ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO OBTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Robert Barrows, a former Amtrak Assistant Conductor, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, on June 17, 2021, to making a false statement to obtain federal employee’s compensation in 2016.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-338 | 06/17/2021
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MEDICAL MARKETER SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS PROBATION IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
Jonathan Lasko, a resident of Hollywood, Florida, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of
the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit for Palm Beach County on June 15, 2021, to charges related
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-346 | 06/15/2021
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MEDICAL MARKETER SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS IN PRISON IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
Jean Francois Picard, a medical marketer based in Los Angeles, was sentenced in United States District Court, Southern District of California, on June 14, 2021, to 10 months in prison and three years of probation for payment of illegal remuneratio
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-339 | 06/14/2021
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EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT ARREST AND CONVICTIONS
An Amtrak coach cleaner based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on June 10, 2021, following his administrative hearing.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-340 | 06/10/2021
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FORMER EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FRAUD
A former Amtrak electrician in Chicago pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to Financial Institution Fraud on June 9, 2021.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-336 | 06/09/2021
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MARKETER SENTENCED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD INVESTIGATION
Joshua Pearson, a marketer from St. George, Utah, was sentenced on June 3, 2021, in U.S. District Court, Central District of California, to three years probation, six months home confinement, and was ordered to forfeit $1,250,000.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-337 | 06/03/2021
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NEW YORK RESIDENT SENTENCED IN AMTRAK EVOUCHER SCAM
Lamont Brown, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on June 2, 2021, to a prison term of time served, probation for 36-months and was ordered to pay restitution of $97,210 to Amtrak.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-335 | 06/02/2021
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MANAGER TERMINATED FOR INTIMIDATING AND COERCING COMPANY EMPLOYEES AND VENDORS
A procurement manager was terminated from employment on May 21, 2021, after our investigation found she violated Amtrak policies by repeatedly mischaracterizing the relationship with and misrepresenting actions by our office to intimidate and coer
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-334 | 05/21/2021
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EMPLOYEE ISSUED WARNING LETTER FOR INAPPROPRIATE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
An Amtrak Specialist based in Philadelphia was issued a letter of warning on May 4, 2021, for violating company policies by admittedly posting inappropriate and offensive images on her Facebook account that publicly identified her as an Amtrak emp
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-357 | 05/04/2021