Investigation Reports
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FORMER CONTRACTOR VIOLATED POLICY BY WRONGFULLY UPLOADING SENSITIVE AND PROPRIETARY COMPANY DATA
A contractor providing information technology security services for Amtrak violated company policies by wrongfully uploading sensitive and proprietary Amtrak data to his personal Google cloud storage and a personally owned USB flash drive without
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-328 | 06/02/2020
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ONE EMPLOYEE TERMINATED, ONE RESIGNS FROM THE COMPANY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY AND THEFT
One Amtrak electrician in Beech Grove, Indiana, resigned from his position on May 4, 2020, and a second was terminated from employment on May 11, 2020, following his administrative hearing.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-326 | 05/11/2020
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EMPLOYEE RETIRES AFTER DISABLING DASH CAM SYSTEM IN COMPANY ASSIGNED VEHICLE
A Communications and Signals employee violated Amtrak policy by repeatedly disabling the Dash Cam system—designed to monitor and record incidents of unsafe driving—in his company-assigned vehicle, including on December 1, 2019, when he was involve
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-325 | 05/06/2020
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AMTRAK OFFICIALS COUNSELED FOR INAPPROPRIATE USE OF COMPANY EMAIL
Two senior-level employees in Washington, D.C., were counseled about misuse of company email as a result of an OIG investigation.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-332 | 05/01/2020
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EMPLOYEE RESIGNS AFTER ENGAGING IN OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT WHILE ON FMLA LEAVE
An Amtrak electrician in Chicago, Illinois, resigned from employment on April 14, 2020, following our investigation which revealed the employee violated company policies by establishing a business and using it to engage in fraudulent credit card s
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-322 | 04/14/2020
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EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR VIOLATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
A Senior Director in Washington, D.C., was terminated from employment on April 14, 2020, following the issuance of our investigative report to the company.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-323 | 04/14/2020
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COMPUTER TECH USES AMTRAK RESOURCES AND COMPANY TIME TO CONDUCT TRAVEL AGENCY BUSINESS
A Computer Tech based in Bear, Delaware, violated Amtrak policies by conducting consultation work for a travel agency while using company equipment and resources on company time.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-319 | 03/16/2020
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EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS PROBATION, ORDERED TO PAY $34,030 RESTITUTION FOR THEFT
A former Los Angeles-based Amtrak employee was sentenced in Los Angeles Municipal Court on March 13, 2020, to three years of probation, ordered to pay $34,030 in restitution to Amtrak, and to complete 90 days of community service.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2019-317 | 03/13/2020
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NEW YORK RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN AMTRAK EVOUCHER SCAM
Adam Micek, a resident of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on February 20, 2020, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his involvement in an Amtrak eVoucher scheme.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-314 | 02/20/2020
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TWENTY-ONE EMPLOYEES COUNSELED FOR RECEIPT OF DIFFERENTIAL PAY TO WHICH THEY WERE NOT ENTITLED
Twenty-one Amtrak machinists and supervisors were coached and counseled between October 31, 2019 and February 16, 2020, after our investigation determined the employees received temporary pay increases they were not entitled to.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2020-315 | 02/16/2020