Investigative Press Releases
September 29, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to prison time, $28 million restitution order for health care fraud scheme
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September 29, 2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced today to 34 months in federal prison… Read more
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August 07, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to charges in $618 million substance abuse treatment fraud scheme
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August 7, 2020
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida doctor was charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud and… Read more
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July 02, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to charges against ten in $1.4 billion health care fraud scheme
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July 2, 2020
Ten individuals, including hospital managers, laboratory owners, and billers and recruiters were charged… Read more
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February 05, 2020 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG investigation leads to prison sentence, $2.68 million restitution payment for fraudster who bilked millions from Amtrak’s insurance plan
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February 5, 2020
LOS ANGELES – An acupuncturist was sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison on Tuesday, and was ordered… Read more
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November 15, 2019 | Investigations Press Release
Pennsylvania man sentenced to prison for role in multimillion-dollar fraud scheme
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November 15, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – A former project manager of an industrial painting and construction company was… Read more
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November 06, 2019 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to guilty plea in pass-through billing scheme
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November 6, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The former CEO of a Missouri hospital pleaded guilty Oct. 29, 2019, for his role in… Read more
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October 21, 2019 | Investigations Press Release
Acupuncturist pleads guilty in fraud scheme that bilked millions of dollars from Amtrak’s health care plan
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October 21, 2019
LOS ANGELES – An acupuncturist pleaded guilty to charges of health care fraud and money laundering on… Read more
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August 05, 2019 | Investigations Press Release
Illinois man charged for alleged ticket scheme after Amtrak OIG investigation
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A former Western Illinois University student was indicted on charges that he engaged in a two-year scheme to defraud Amtrak, the… Read more
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August 05, 2019 | Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to charges against New Jersey couple charged for allegedly selling misbranded drugs
NEWARK, N.J. – An Amtrak employee and his wife were indicted July 8, 2019, for allegedly marketing and distributing misbranded drugs and unapproved… Read more
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July 26, 2019 | Investigations Press Release
Delaware executive sentenced in bribery, contract steering case investigated by Amtrak OIG
PHILADELPHIA – An executive from a small, Delaware-based manufacturing firm was sentenced Monday for his role in bribing an Amtrak contract… Read more
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