WASHINGTON -- Special agents from Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General supported the U.S. Department of Justice during a nationwide health care fraud enforcement action this week resulting in charges against hundreds of individuals allegedly involved in fraudulent activities.
An Amtrak Foreman was terminated from employment on June 18, 2018, after a hearing officer found that he violated the company’s Standards of Excellence by failing to notify the company of a drug or alcohol-related conviction for engaging in the distribution of, possession with intent to distribute, or importation of a controlled substance.
A former Amtrak employee was suspended by the Federal Railroad Administration from participation in federal procurement and non-procurement programs June 1. Timothy Miller, a former lead contract administrator with Amtrak, pleaded guilty to one count of federal program bribery in U.S. District Court in April for awarding several contracts worth more than $7.6 million to a small manufacturing firm in exchange for approximately $20,000 in bribes, trips, and other items of value.
We are initiating an audit of the company’s efforts to provide physical security at Washington Union Station and the Ivy City Yard. As part of this work, we plan to assess efforts to improve physical security and access controls at these facilities, including company actions taken to mitigate any weaknesses identified in prior internal security risk assessments.