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EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR VIOLATION OF COMPANY POLICY AND AMTRAK VENDOR SUSPENDED
An Amtrak Superintendent in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment on February 9, 2019, following the issuance of our investigative report that determined the Superintendent violated company policy.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2019-309 | 02/09/2019
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EMPLOYEES DISCIPLINED FOR PASSENGER TRAVEL POLICY
An Amtrak Passenger Conductor, two Assistant Passenger Conductors, and an Usher/Gateman were disciplined for policy violations on February 5, 2019.
Tracking Number: OIG-I-2019-306 | 02/05/2019
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VENDOR’S EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY IN $7.6M CONTRACT STEERING SCHEME
Two executives at a textile company, based in Milford, Delaware, pleaded guilty to federal program bribery charges in U.S. District Court in February.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2019-312 | 02/05/2019
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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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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
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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
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EMPLOYEE PROSECUTED FOR STEALING CUSTOMER CREDIT CARD NUMBERS
An Amtrak Reservation Sales Agent resigned from employment on September 4, 2018, after the employee was prosecuted for theft of customer credit card numbers.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-331 | 09/04/2018