Assistance to U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
Senior Special Agent [REDACTED] U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigations (OI), requested OI's assistance in his case involving [REDACTED].
Theft-July 27, 2009
On December 22, 2009, the OIG received a complaint that [REDACTED] was circumventing Amtrak policies and procedures using AT "training funds" to pay for his PhD. [REDACTED] was said to have submitted expense reports for his "PhD classes" through e-trax.
Nepotism
The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigations (OI) received an anonymous allegation from the OIG website hotline. The anonymous source alleged that [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], Electric Train (E.T.) Management, in the Philadelphia office are creating jobs and appointing relatives to these jobs.
Unauthorized Disclosure of Information
An initial complaint was received from Systems Operations, CNOC, regarding sensitive Amtrak information on train movement being posted on railfan websites. The investigation revealed that an individual by the name of [REDACTED] operates a Yahoo group web site All Aboard (AA).
Potential Fraud Private Labeling Company
Tho Office of Inspector General ("OIG"), Office of Investigations ("OI") received information alleging that Private Label Travel ("PLT"), a company that operated a business venture for Amtrak Marketing titled "Amtrak Vacations" was involved in questionable transactions that adversely impacted Amtrak. Allegedly, PLT violated the contractual "window of time" between ticket issue and delivery of the ticket to the ultimate passenger.
Fraud-November 19, 2009
[REDACTED] for Marriott Hotels, reports that one of their employees, [REDACTED] compromised a Marriott guest's credit card number and used same to obtain an Amtrak ticket from Newark, NJ to Charlotte, NC on August 18, 2009.
Abuse of Position-October 27, 2009
October 27, 2009, the Office of the Inspector General ("OIG"), Office of Investigations ("OI") Issued a Management Report to William Crosbie, Chief Operating Officer which substantiated several allegations made against [REDACTED]. The basis for those allegations was that [REDACTED] was abusing his position claiming "business travel" to commute from his residence in [REDACTED] to [REDACTED].
Mismanagement of RailPlan Contract
The Office of Inspector General ("OIG"), Office of Investigations ("OI"), received information alleging that Amtrak had agreed to issue a change order for the work at the [REDACTED] Maintenance Facility ("[REDACTED]") which the claimant believed should have been covered under a warranty clause from contract S 064 90678 with RainPlan Internation, Inc. ("RailPlan").
LSA Theft-October 1, 2009
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 Train Provision Management System ("TPMS") Clerks who had previously been implicated in activities designed to retain Amtrak funds for personal gain.
Unauthorized Use of Vehicle-September 1, 2009
The Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigations (OI) received an allegation that [REDACTED] has been using an Amtrak vehicle to transport Amtrak materials to use at his auto shop business, [REDACTED] auto repair.