the objective of this evaluation was to compare labor costs between amtrak and european railroads. the oig found that the annual cost of an amtrak infrastructure worker is more than twice as much as the average european infrastructure worker.
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oig investigation of an employee for embezzling funds by falsifying travel vouchers and manipulating amtrak travel card purchases resulted in an arrest warrant and a criminal felony fraud charge in superior court of the district of columbia. the employee pled guilty and was sentenced to five years supervised probation, 50 hours of community service, and was ordered to make restitution to amtrak…
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therefore, we focused our work on amtrak’s efforts to identify and mitigate risks to the successful implementation of ptc by the december 31, 2015, deadline mandated by rsia. specifically, our objective was to report on the extent to which amtrak is addressing what are currently the most significant challenges to successful ptc implementation.
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washington - a former amtrak contractor has pled guilty to a charge of second-degree theft for repeatedly using an amtrak business pass for personal travel, u.s. attorney ronald c. machen jr. and amtrak inspector general theodore (ted) alves announced today. the contractor pled guilty on april 25, 2012, in the superior court of the district of columbia, and was sentenced that day by the honorable…
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the united states attorney’s office announced today that it has entered into a settlement with drummac, inc. (“drummac”), a jacksonville, florida based railroad contractor, resolving potential liability relating to the performance of drummac’s contractual obligations and payment arrangements with the national railroad passenger corporation (“amtrak”) for service and maintenance of the vermonter…
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an on-duty amtrak ticket agent was arrested in april 2011 based on a warrant from baltimore county, md. the arrest warrant was for a failure to appear on a previous charge of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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a former amtrak contractor was arrested today for illegally using an amtrak business rail pass to obtain over 50 tickets during and after his assignment with amtrak. the contractor had been issued a business rail pass for travel on official company business while working on an amtrak contract. he used the business rail pass for personal travel over a 14-month period. the cost associated with this…
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using a counterfeit travel voucher, a former amtrak oig contractor illegally traveled on amtrak over a period of 14 months. amtrak oig’s investigation determined that from april 2010 through may 2011, the contractor took 12 trips with a total value of $2,251.
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a conductor, who was terminated for violating amtrak policy, retained a credit card machine that contained sensitive customer information. the machine, valued at $675, was recovered by oi.
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the office of inspector general (oig), office of investigations (oi), recently learned that a former amtrak lead service attendant (lsa) who was the subject of an oi investigation was sentenced to 1 year’s probation and time served (67) days. she was also ordered to pay fines, costs, and fees.
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