Investigative Summaries

December 04, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

NEW YORK RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO FALSIFYING APPLICANT’S PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG TEST RESULTS

Michael Hollingsworth, a resident of New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, on November 19, 2019, for… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-307

November 20, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

ALPHA PAINTING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SENTENCED IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD SCHEME

Alpha Painting & Construction Company, Inc., an industrial painting and construction company based in Baltimore, was sentenced November 14, 2019… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-306

November 18, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

NEW YORK RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN AMTRAK EVOUCHER SCAM

Andre Wilburn, a resident of New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on October 24, 2019, to access device… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-304

November 18, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

SUPERVISOR RESIGNS AFTER INVESTIGATION DISCLOSES EMPLOYEE ABUSES AND THEFT OF PROPERTY

An Amtrak supervisor resigned on November 14, 2019, for violating company policy by stealing company property and misusing his own and other… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-305

October 28, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR VIOLATION OF COMPANY POLICY

An Amtrak On Board Services employee in New Orleans was terminated from employment on October 9, 2019, following an administrative hearing for… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-303

October 28, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

FORMER PROGRAM MANAGER CONVICTED FOR TRAVEL PASS FRAUD

A former Amtrak Program Manager based in Washington, D.C., and her sister entered into a Community Service Deferred Sentencing Agreement, in Superior… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-321

October 20, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

MARKETER PLEADS GUILTY IN ILLEGAL KICKBACK SCHEME

Joshua Pearson, a marketer from St. George, Utah, pleaded guilty on October 22, 2019, in U.S. District Court, Central District of California, to… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-320

October 10, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

NEW YORK RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN AMTRAK EVOUCHER SCAM

Lamont Brown, a resident of Brooklyn, NY, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on October 10, 2019, to conspiracy to… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-301

October 06, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

FORMER ROAD MECHANIC INELIGIBLE FOR REHIRE AFTER ENGAGING IN OUTSIDE WORK DURING AMTRAK SHIFTS

A former Road Mechanic based in Providence, Rhode Island, resigned from employment in March 2019 during the course of our investigation, which… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2020-302

September 26, 2019 |  Investigative Summaries

SCHEME TO DEFRAUD AMTRAK RESULTS IN GUILTY PLEA AND FORFEITURE

Christian Newby, 31, of Milan, Michigan, pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Michigan to charges of wire fraud, unlawful possession of a… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2019-324