Investigation Reports
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Investigative Summaries
FOUR EMPLOYEES RESIGN FOR THEFT OF CASH
Four ticket agents resigned in February and March 2018, prior to their administrative hearings, for stealing money from their cash drawers at Amtrak’s Los Angeles Union Station.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-319 | 02/28/2018
Investigative Summaries
FORMER EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR FALSE STATEMENTS TO AMTRAK OIG AGENTS IN INVESTIGATION OF CONTRACT STEERING
A former Amtrak Superintendent of Transportation at Chicago Union Station, Benjamin Sheets, was sentenced on February 27, 2018, in the Federal District Court of Northern Illinois after pleading guilty to making false statements to our agents in vi
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-314 | 02/27/2018
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY DOCUMENT AND SECURE CASH
We initiated an investigation after receiving an allegation that employees at Chicago Union Station wrongfully kept approximately $1,700 in cash that was turned in to the ticket counter to be processed as “lost and found.”
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-313 | 02/14/2018
Investigations Press Release
Florida man pleads guilty to obstruction in Amtrak OIG-supported health care fraud investigation
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- An employee of a Coral Springs addiction treatment center pleaded guilty to his role in obstructing an ongoing health care fraud investigation in Federal Court Tuesday.
Tracking Number: 0218-20180209 | 02/09/2018
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE DISMISSED IN CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY VENDOR
On January 30, 2018, an Amtrak supervisor was dismissed after an administrative hearing found that he violated company policy by accepting gifts and gratuities from Bayway Lumber (Bayway), a former Amtrak-approved vendor based in Linden, New Jerse
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-310 | 01/30/2018
Investigations Press Release
Two plead guilty in Amtrak OIG Supported Sober Homes Investigation
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Two substance abuse treatment center owners pleaded guilty to various charges related to money laundering and health care fraud in District Court Jan. 10.
Tracking Number: 0118-20180116 | 01/24/2018
Investigative Summaries
FORMER EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS
On January 18, 2018, a former Amtrak Customer Service Representative in Indianapolis, Indiana, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of theft of government funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641.
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-312 | 01/18/2018
Investigative Summaries
VIOLATION OF ETHICAL CONDUCT AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
On January 1, 2018, an Amtrak executive retired following the release of our investigative report, which concluded that he violated company policy by accepting gifts from the owner of a company doing business with Amtrak as both a customer and ven
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-309 | 01/01/2018
Investigations Press Release
Doctor Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Sober Homes and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers
On November 9, 2017, the U.S.
11/09/2017
Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS
On November 1, 2017, the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County sentenced an Amtrak B&B Mechanic Foreman to 6-23 months of confinement and 36 months’ probation for the Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession with the Intent to Manufac
Tracking Number: OIG-WS-2018-308 | 11/01/2017
