Investigative Summaries
April 25, 2018 | Investigative Summaries
THREE EMPLOYEES TERMINATED FOR USING IMPROPERLY OBTAINED PARKING PASSES
Three employees were terminated from employment on April 25, 2018, for violating company policy by using improperly obtained parking passes to avoid… Read more
April 19, 2018 | Investigative Summaries
AMTRAK CONTRACTING OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY IN $7.6M BRIBERY SCHEME
PHILADELPHIA – A former Amtrak employee pleaded guilty to one count of federal program bribery April 19, 2018, in U.S. District Court.
According to… Read more
April 04, 2018 | Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEES TERMINATED, SUSPENDED AFTER VIOLATING COMPANY POLICIES
A Baggage Foreman in Newark, New Jersey, was terminated from employment March 21, 2018, and an Usher/Gateman in Wilmington, Delaware, received a… Read more
March 27, 2018 | Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE SUSPENDED FOR INAPPROPRIATE SOCIAL MEDIA POST
An employee in Perryville, Maryland, received a 10-day suspension March 27, 2018, after posting an image on social media that violated company policy… Read more
March 26, 2018 | Investigative Summaries
EMPLOYEE TERMINATED FROM EMPLOYMENT FOR THEFT OF AMTRAK PROPERTY
A Carman Journeyman in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment March 26, 2018, following an administrative hearing for stealing Amtrak… Read more
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
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
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
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
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