FORMER EMPLOYEE SENTENCED AFTER USING STOLEN IDENTITY TO WORK AT AMTRAK

Eric Graham, a former Amtrak conductor based in New York, used a stolen identity to obtain employment on July 8, 1998, and continued to use that identity for over twenty-years. Our investigation determined that Graham used the stolen identity to illegally obtain a passport, credit cards, Railroad Retirement Board benefits, Amtrak employment benefits including medical coverage, and to file federal tax returns. Graham separated from Amtrak voluntarily with retirement disability on October 14, 2021. On February 13, 2024, Graham pleaded guilty in Queens Criminal Court in Kew Gardens, New York, to a misdemeanor charge of Filing a False Instrument in the Second Degree and was sentenced to probation for twelve-months.