Investigation Reports
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Investigative Summaries
FOUR MEDICAL MARKETERS PLEAD GUILTY TO AIDING IN THE PREPARATION OF A FALSE TAX RETURN
Sidney Cobos, Allan Lummer, Farshad Sassounian and Ashkan Kohanpour, medical marketers based in Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty in United States District Court, Central District of California, on April 9, 2021, to one count each of aiding
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-333 | 04/09/2021
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEES TERMINATED FOR ACCEPTING GIFTS FROM AMTRAK CONTRACTOR
A management official and a company Inspector violated Amtrak policies by accepting gifts and favors from a construction contractor who was awarded a $58 million contract by the company.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-329 | 03/30/2021
Investigative Summaries
PHARMACIST SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN PRISON IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
Hootan Melamed, a pharmacist based in Los Angeles, California, was sentenced in United States District Court, Southern District of California, on March 29, 2021, to six months in prison and three years’ probation for conspiracy to commit health ca
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-328 | 03/29/2021
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FORMER CAR PORTER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF PARKING PASSES
Lauren Jones, a former Hertz employee in Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court of Cook County on March 24, 2021, to felony theft charges and was sentenced to two years’ probation on the same date.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-327 | 03/24/2021
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to charges in California health care fraud scheme
For Immediate Release
March 19, 2021
03/19/2021
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to arrest, charges in alleged theft case
For Immediate Release
March 10, 2021
03/10/2021
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR STEALING CHAINSAWS, CHAINSAW PARTS
A Senior Engineer was arrested on March 8, 2021, for theft of Amtrak property and terminated from employment the following day.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-324 | 03/09/2021
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EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR FRAUDULENTLY CLAIMING PAY WHEN NOT WORKING
A supervisor based at Sunnyside Yard in New York City was terminated on February 18, 2021, following an administrative hearing.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2021-322 | 02/18/2021
Investigations Press Release
Delaware manufacturing executive sentenced to prison for bribing former Amtrak official
For Immediate Release
February 11, 2021
02/11/2021
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to guilty pleas in $14 million health care fraud, kickback scheme
For Immediate Release
February 11, 2021
02/11/2021