a cooperating witness reported that an amtrak contractor received more than $72,000 worth of amtrak credits to his personal credit cards. agents substantiated this allegation through review of documents and interviews.
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united states attorney joseph p. russoniello announced that lawrence e. crayton iii of oakland, california made his initial appearance in federal district court in san francisco on january 9, 2008 before united states district judge maxine m. chesney. a federal grand jury in san francisco had previously indicted mr. crayton on theft concerning programs receiving federal funds on december 18, 2007.
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richard b. eldreth, age 41, of elkton, maryland was charged by complaint today with stealing government property in connection with the unauthorized purchases of fuel using stolen u.s. general services administration (gsa) credit cards, announced united states attorney for the district of maryland rod j. rosenstein. eldreth was arrested late yesterday and had his initial appearance in federal…
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a source reported that an amtrak passenger was traveling by using a non-active credit card over an 18 month period for $2,565 in lost revenue to amtrak. agents substantiated this allegation through review of documents and interviews.
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douglas l. thompson, a financial specialist who has worked for the national railroad passenger corporation (“amtrak”) since 1975, has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $74,000 from amtrak, u.s. attorney jeffrey a. taylor announced today. thompson, 60, pleaded guilty earlier today to a one-count information charging theft from a program receiving federal funds in u.s. district court for the…
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united states attorney laurie magid today announced the filing of an indictment against george susini. the indictment charges susini conspiracy, wire fraud, and theft of funds from a federally funded program.
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the united states marshal’s service requested assistance in obtaining amtrak ticketing documentation relative to an amtrak passenger who was a defendant in an international child abuse prosecution. this information was needed to determine the whereabouts of the individual during certain time frames. the individual was convicted of child exploitation and received a thirty year prison sentence.
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the office of the inspector general (“oig”), office of investigations (“oi”) received information that an amtrak station clerk received tuition assistance from amtrak to attend college while on a medical leave of absence. the station clerk graduated from the university of texas at el paso with a degree in engineering and gained employment with a defense contractor in phoenix all while on leave…
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sushil sheth, a cardiologist, who surrendered his medical license, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing approximately thirteen million dollars from medicare and more than thirty other public and private health care insurance programs, including one at amtrak, over roughly five years, amtrak inspector general alves announced today. sheth provided false information to medicare…
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during lead service attendant ("lsa") packet reviews by the office of inspector general ("oig"), office of investigations ("oi"), it was determined that packets belonging to [redacted], former lsa, had contained under reported sales amounts. the packets had been processed by train provision management system ("tpms") clerks who had previously been implicated in activities designed to retain…
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