Investigative Summaries

March 20, 2018 |  Investigative Summaries

YARD ENGINEER RESIGNS AFTER FAILING TO REPORT CRIMINAL HISTORY

An Amtrak Yard Engineer in Washington, D.C., resigned on March 20, 2018, in lieu of an administrative hearing after failing to report two prior… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-315

March 20, 2018 |  Investigative Summaries

EMPLOYEES TERMINATED FOR UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF PASSENGER INFORMATION

Two Customer Service Representatives were terminated from employment on March 20, 2018, and March 21, 2018, in Joliet, Illinois and Omaha, Nebraska,… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-320

February 28, 2018 |  Investigative Summaries

FOUR EMPLOYEES RESIGN FOR THEFT OF CASH

Four ticket agents resigned in February and March 2018, prior to their administrative hearings, for stealing money from their cash drawers at Amtrak’… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-319

February 27, 2018 |  Investigative Summaries

FORMER EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR FALSE STATEMENTS TO AMTRAK OIG AGENTS IN INVESTIGATION OF CONTRACT STEERING

A former Amtrak Superintendent of Transportation at Chicago Union Station, Benjamin Sheets, was sentenced on February 27, 2018, in the Federal… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-314

February 14, 2018 |  Investigative Summaries

EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY DOCUMENT AND SECURE CASH

We initiated an investigation after receiving an allegation that employees at Chicago Union Station wrongfully kept approximately $1,700 in cash that… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-313

January 30, 2018 |  Investigative Summaries

EMPLOYEE DISMISSED IN CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY VENDOR

On January 30, 2018, an Amtrak supervisor was dismissed after an administrative hearing found that he violated company policy by accepting gifts and… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-310

January 18, 2018 |  Investigative Summaries

FORMER EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS

On January 18, 2018, a former Amtrak Customer Service Representative in Indianapolis, Indiana, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of theft of… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-312

January 01, 2018 |  Investigative Summaries

VIOLATION OF ETHICAL CONDUCT AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

On January 1, 2018, an Amtrak executive retired following the release of our investigative report, which concluded that he violated company policy by… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-309

November 01, 2017 |  Investigative Summaries

EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS

On November 1, 2017, the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County sentenced an Amtrak B&B Mechanic Foreman to 6-23 months of… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-308

October 10, 2017 |  Investigative Summaries

EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FOR VIOLATION OF POLICIES

On October 10, 2017, a Train Attendant in Miami, Florida, was terminated from employment for a violation of company policies. Our investigation… Read more
Tracking Number

OIG-WS-2018-311