All Investigations Documents

December 21, 2016 |  Investigative Summaries

CONTRACTOR BACKGROUND CHECKS

We initiated an investigation to determine if an Amtrak contractor, its employee, or both, violated Amtrak’s Contractor Background Checks policy… Read more
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OIG-I-2017-506

December 21, 2016 |  Investigations Press Release

Six Defendants Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Sober Homes and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers

Six defendants, including owners, doctors, and an employee of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers were charged in a health… Read more
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December 20, 2016 |  Investigations Press Release

Retired Amtrak Supervisor Admits He Accepted Gratuities From Amtrak Vendor

TRENTON, N.J. – A former supervisor at Amtrak in Essex County, New Jersey, today admitted soliciting and accepting more than $7,000 worth of items… Read more
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December 09, 2016 |  Investigative Summaries

FUEL CARD MISUSE

We initiated an investigation into allegations that an Amtrak Engineering and Traction Lineman was misusing a government fleet fuel card assigned to… Read more
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OIG-I-2016-529

December 09, 2016 |  Investigative Summaries

THEFT OF AMTRAK PROPERTY

On November 17, 2016, two former Amtrak electricians pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to felony theft of Amtrak copper… Read more
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OIG-I-2016-501

December 06, 2016 |  Investigative Summaries

VIOLATION OF CORPORATE POLICY BY AMTRAK MANAGER

In October 2015, we received an allegation that an Amtrak Manager failed to inform management that he owned shares of stock in a company with whom… Read more
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OIG-I-2017-501

December 01, 2016 |  Wanted Fugitive

Wanted: Yoav Stein, Los Angeles, CA - multiple counts of healthcare fraud and identity theft

Yoav Stein of Los Angeles County, California, is wanted for multiple counts of healthcare fraud and identity theft. On September 24, 2015, Yoav Stein… Read more
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stein

November 29, 2016 |  Investigative Summaries

VIOLATION OF AMTRAK ETHICS POLICY

We initiated an investigation into allegations that five Amtrak employees working in the Mechanical and Systems Safety Departments violated Amtrak’s… Read more
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OIG-I-2017-502

October 21, 2016 |  Investigative Summaries

PORNOGRAPHY

In July 2015, we initiated an investigation into allegations that an Amtrak Foreman was searching the Internet for pornography, sexually explicit… Read more
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OIG-I-2016-528

October 21, 2016 |  Investigative Summaries

FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS

On April 28, 2016, an Amtrak train director was arrested for violating the Sex Offender Registration Act in Illinois when he failed to register after… Read more
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OIG-I-2016-531