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. The employee used the stolen credit card numbers to purchase items for personal use valued at over $2,100. On August 22, 2018, in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, the employee entered into an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (intervention program) agreement for 12 months. The investigation was conducted jointly with the Amtrak Police Department.