we had 21 ongoing audits addressing 6 focus areas of our annual audit plan as of december 31, 2015. as of december 31, 2015, we had 76 active investigations focusing on significant allegations of suspected fraud, waste, and misconduct in the following areas.
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we have reviewed the system of quality control for the audit organization of the amtrak office of lnspector general (oig) in effect for the year ended september 30, 2015. a system of quality control encompasses the amtrak oig's organizational structure and the policies adopted and
procedures established to provide it with reasonable assurance of conforming with government auditing standards.
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a part owner of bayway lumber, a linden, new jersey, company that sold commercial and industrial products to numerous public and private entities, today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud customers out of $708,386, u.s. attorney paul j. fishman announced. robert r. dattilo, 61, pleaded guilty before u.s. district judge peter g. sheridan in trenton federal court to an information charging…
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our reporting objective was to provide additional information and observations on the effectiveness of certain vehicle fleet management practices on the nj hsrip that may assist you in developing and implementing plans to improve the oversight and management of the company’s vehicle fleet.
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the oig received allegations of irregular purchases by an amtrak engineering safety employee. an investigation determined that there were fraudulent purchases made by the employee who used an amtrak-issued gsa fuel card for personal purposes while he was on a medical leave of absence.
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in the past year, we issued three reports identifying recurring problems with the management and oversight of the vehicle fleet. although the focus of these reports was vehicle fleet management, the root cause of the specific issues we identified were weaknesses in amtrak’s management controls, issues we have repeatedly identified as the cause of operational and programmatic deficiencies…
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deirdre m. daly, united states attorney for the district of connecticut, today announced that urs corporation aes (“urs”) has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government in which urs will pay $580,000 to resolve allegations that the rocky hill-based construction company violated the federal false claims act and the common law in overbilling the federal government on a…
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we are initiating an audit of amtrak’s processes for managing its utility accounts. our objective is to evaluate the company’s management controls over utility payments when real estate assets are sold or transferred.
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we are initiating a follow-on review of the company’s readiness to undertake and oversee a master development procurement approach to redevelop baltimore penn station. in a january 19, 2016 letter, members of the maryland congressional delegation requested that we clarify the opinions expressed in an october 20, 2015 letter to senator barbara a. mikulski and share our views with amtrak’s…
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at the request of the u.s. railroad retirement board (rrb), office of inspector general, the amtrak oig jointly investigated former amtrak employee elias p. banales for fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits from the rrb, while earning income through other employment.
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