The Office of Inspector General ("OIG"), Office of Investigations ("OI"), received information that [REDACTED] Manager OBS, allegedly requested that the Crew Management Services ("CMS") assign [REDACTED] Service Attendant ("SA"), to work an SA job on train no. 30 that runs from Chicago ("CHI") to Washington, D.C. ("WAS"), without properly submitting a Service Request.
Anonymous source alleges Human Resource Manager [REDACTED] was directly involved in the hiring of her cousing for the Senior Accountant position in Amtrak's Finance Department. Source also allges employee was given three weeks vacation by [REDACTED].
During Lead Service Attendant ("LSA") packet reviews by the Office of Inspector General ("OIG"), Office of Investigations ("OI"), it was determined that packets belonging to [REDACTED], former LSA, had contained under reported sales amounts. The packets had been processed by the Train Provision Management System ("TPMS") Clerks who had previously been implicated in activities designed to retain Amtrak funds for personal gain.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigations (OI) received an allegation concerning the counterfeiting of Amtrak Guest Reward (AGR) coupons. The complaint allages that the counterfeit AGR coupons were being sold on eBay and then were redeemed for Amtrak travel.
OI received information from the OIG Office of Audit ("OA") alleging that several managers and employees at the Amtrak [REDACTED] Maintenance Facility [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] made misrepresentations to OA regarding the accurate and proper capture of costs for cars in [REDACTED] during FY 2007.
On August 27, 2008, the RA and Senior Special Agent [REDACTED] received from [REDACTED] Union Station, Washington, D.C. an open box she recovered from the baggage area on the lower level of the station. Contained in the box, which had been sitting on a wooden skid in the baggage area, were numerous books of conductor tickets.
On February 20, 2007, the Office of Inspector General ("OIG"), Office of Investigations ("OI") received an allegation from a confidential source ("CS"). The source stated that [REDACTED] had a $272.55 expenditure on an Amtrak Purchasing Card ("P-Card"). The expenditure was made on January 7, 2007.
On June 11, 2008, the OIG-OI conducted an investigation to determine if the Amtrak station in Albany, NY, had been out of compliance with Amtrak's Station Service Accounting procedures. As a result of several interviews with Amtrak employees, it determined that there were deficiencies which contributed to the loss of revenue and unauthorized number of duplexes issued to Conductors.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigations (OI) received an allegation from Amtrak Radio Maintenance [REDACTED] concerning the unauthorized use of Amtrak's Motorola sales account number [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] reported that Amtrak Train Engineer [REDACTED] used the Amtrak account to obtain radio software for an Astro 25 radio, which is not an Amtrak assigned radio.
Management responded in a timely fashion to OI's referral of March 3, 2009, and acted affirmatively on all the recommendations referenced in said referral. According to said response, a total of $4900 will be collected from the owners of Private Cars [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Additionally, management audited all Private Car accounts, and as a result of said audit corrected billing worksheets were completed and sent to the Amtrak Finance Department in Chicago for colletion.