Investigative Press Releases
March 25, 2022 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak employee and wife plead guilty to selling $3 million worth of misbranded and unapproved new drugs
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March 25, 2022
NEWARK, N.J. — An Amtrak employee and his wife pleaded guilty this week for marketing and distributing… Read more
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March 23, 2022 | Investigations Press Release
OIG-supported investigation leads to year-long prison sentence, restitution for LA man
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March 23, 2022
LOS ANGELES — A South Bay man was sentenced February 28, 2022, to 12 months plus one day in prison… Read more
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March 10, 2022 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak employee charged with CARES Act fraud, theft of government funds after OIG investigation
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March 10, 2022
NEW ORLEANS — An Amtrak employee was charged March 3, 2022, with making false statements and theft of… Read more
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March 07, 2022 | Investigations Press Release
Former Amtrak employee pleads guilty to wire fraud after bilking customers of more than $23,000 for phony Amtrak trip to New York City
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March 7, 2022
NEW ORLEANS — A former Amtrak employee pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud on February 23, 2022… Read more
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February 09, 2022 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to prison time, $4.4 million restitution payment for LA pharmacy owner who orchestrated $14 million health care fraud scheme
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February 9, 2022
LOS ANGELES — A pharmacy owner based in Los Angeles was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison… Read more
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December 30, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Former Amtrak employee charged for allegedly bilking customers of more than $23,000 for a fake Amtrak trip to New York City
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December 30, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — A former Amtrak employee was charged with two counts of wire fraud December 21 after… Read more
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October 07, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to prison time, $11.7 million in restitution, including more than $768,000 to Amtrak, for California pharmacist’s health care fraud scheme
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October 7, 2021
LOS ANGELES – An Orange County Pharmacist on Tuesday was sentenced to nearly six years in prison and… Read more
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August 17, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG investigation leads to arrest, charges for fraudulent fuel charges on Amtrak vehicles
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August 17, 2021
NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey gas station manager was charged August 5, 2021, in connection with… Read more
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June 28, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Arson suspect arrested, charged for setting fires at Amtrak’s Beech Grove maintenance facility
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June 28, 2021
BEECH GROVE, Indianapolis – A Beech Grove man was arrested June 28 in Indianapolis on federal criminal… Read more
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June 11, 2021 | Investigations Press Release
Chiropractor who defrauded Amtrak’s health care plan found guilty in $2.2 million fraud scheme
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June 11, 2021
SANTA ANA, California – A former California chiropractor was found guilty Tuesday of several federal… Read more
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