Investigative Summaries

June 18, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

GENERAL FOREMAN TERMINATED FOR MISUSE OF GSA FUEL CARD

An Amtrak Foreman was terminated from employment on June 18, 2021, for misusing a General Services Administration (GSA) fuel card in violation of… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-341

June 18, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT CONVICTION AND USING SICK LEAVE WHILE INCARCERATED

An Amtrak sheet metal worker/mechanic based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on June 18, 2021, following his administrative… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-344

June 17, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

FORMER ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO OBTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Robert Barrows, a former Amtrak Assistant Conductor, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, on June 17, 2021, to making a… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-338

June 15, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

MEDICAL MARKETER SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS PROBATION IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME

Jonathan Lasko, a resident of Hollywood, Florida, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit for Palm Beach County on June… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-346

June 14, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

MEDICAL MARKETER SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS IN PRISON IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME

Jean Francois Picard, a medical marketer based in Los Angeles, was sentenced in United States District Court, Southern District of California, on… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-339

June 10, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT ARREST AND CONVICTIONS

An Amtrak coach cleaner based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on June 10, 2021, following his administrative hearing. Our… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-340

June 09, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

FORMER EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FRAUD

A former Amtrak electrician in Chicago pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to Financial Institution Fraud on June 9, 2021.… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-336

June 03, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

MARKETER SENTENCED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD INVESTIGATION

Joshua Pearson, a marketer from St. George, Utah, was sentenced on June 3, 2021, in U.S. District Court, Central District of California, to three… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-337

June 02, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

NEW YORK RESIDENT SENTENCED IN AMTRAK EVOUCHER SCAM

Lamont Brown, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on June 2, 2021, to a prison term of time… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-335

May 21, 2021 |  Investigative Summaries

MANAGER TERMINATED FOR INTIMIDATING AND COERCING COMPANY EMPLOYEES AND VENDORS

A procurement manager was terminated from employment on May 21, 2021, after our investigation found she violated Amtrak policies by repeatedly… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2021-334