in september 2007, amtrak inspector general fred weiderhold received a congressional request from congressman james oberstar, chairman of the united states house of representatives committee on transportation and infrastructure. congressman oberstar requested that the amtrak office of inspector general ("oig") investigate the circumstance in which the state of south dakota ("sd") replenished its…
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on december 3, 2009, office of the inspector general ("oig"), office of investigations ("oi"), sent a management report to [redacted] regarding safety committee purchasing a soda vending machine to benefit the [redacted] crew base. further information was that no reports had been forwarded to management regarding the funds collected by the safety committee.
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a cooperating witness reported that a former amtrak employee stole gsa fuel cards and used them to purchase fuel for other people. agents worked with gsa oig to substantiate the allegation through review of documents and interviews.
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a source reported that a marc passenger was using counterfeit monthly marc tickets. investigation revealed that a passenger used 32 counterfeit monthly tickets over a 17 month period. the passenger agreed to make restitution to amtrak in the amount of $5,600.
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amtrak received notice that a mailing was being sent using a reference to amtrak, and possibly was an identify theft or financial theft scheme. the mailing also contained an amtrak logo. the promotion was allegedly sent by sunshine promotions, 901 31st street nw, washington, dc 20007.
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an anonymous source alleged that a back bay station employee left the station on numerous occasions to go to a local gym without the knowledge or authorization of management while on company time. a comparison of employee payroll records and gym attendance records was conducted and it was determined that the employee left work while on duty on 12 separate occasions to go to the gym.
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the office of inspector general ("oig") office of investigations ("oi") received an allegation that [redacted] - marketing, may have abused his position by engaging in a potential conflict of interest situation involving mac america travel, incorporated ("mac america"), a travel agency located in new york, ny. specifically, the information alleged that [redacted] provided mac america with a "…
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on september 23, 2009 the office of inspector general ("oig"), office of investigations ("oi") received information that [redacted] reservations and information (r&i") clerk, took a medical leave of absence ("mloa") to return to a teaching position or do work as a hair stylist.
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the office of inspector general ("oig"), office of investigations ("oi") - audits has completed a review of selected eev transactions that were reported by the albuquerque (abq) ticket office for the period october 2004 through march 2005. abq was selected due to the unusually high average monthly eev value reported by the station through november 2004.
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on november 23, 2009, office of the inspector general ("oig"), office of investigations ("oi") chief inspector [redacted] received a letter from an anonymous source that stated that a mechanical journeyman, [redacted] at the [redacted] street yards, service and inspection ("s & i") building had thrown barbecues and 50/50 raffles for the annual amtrak christmas party on amtrak property and…
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