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  • payroll embezzlement
    [redacted] was a director of finance assigned to the payroll unit. [redacted] was an assistant conductor on the virginia railway express. [redacted] supervised and handled paychecks that were in the unclaimed or abandoned property file of the payroll department.
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  • wanda lee ann podgursky apprehended
    wanda lee ann podgurski of the manhattan beach area of los angeles county, california, failed to appear for the reading of court verdict after a two month criminal truck that included about 70 witnesses. although allegedly disabled since 2006, podgurski took vacations to china with her boyfriend.
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  • real property management: applying best practices can improve real property inventory management information
    this report provides you the results of our review of the adequacy of amtrak's real property inventory management information.
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  • customer service representative violated ethics policy
    office of investigations looked into allegations regarding a customer service representative who allowed his girlfriend to ride the amtrak train for free. the girlfriend provided oi with a photograph and text messages showing the employee was engaged in sexually explicit actions while at his amtrak work station.
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  • former amtrak employee convicted of insurance fraud
    san diego county district attorney bonnie dumanis today announced that a jury convicted a former amtrak employee, wanda lee ann podgurski, 60, of 29 felony counts including insurance fraud, perjury, grand theft from amtrak railroad retirement board and tax evasion after a two-month jury trial. the charges also included white collar enhancements involving taking more than $500,000.
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  • quality control review: amtrak's independent public accountant met applicable auditing standards for the fiscal year 2012 audit of the consolidated financial statements
    in its audit of amtrak's consolidated financial statements, ernst & young concluded that the consolidated financial statements fairly presented, in all material respects, the consolidate financial position of national railroad passenger corporation and subsidiaries at september 30, 2012, and the consolidated results of their operations, and cash flows for the year then ended in conformity…
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  • violation of corporate policies for independent contractors
    amtrak paid over $141,000 to a retired amtrak claims representative to do work for the claims department. a manager in the amtrak claims and tort litigation group circumvented and violated amtrak policy by directing persons to facilitate this work without a contract with amtrak. the arrangement included the use of two florida law firms to provide "pass-through" billing services for the former…
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  • amtrak invoice review: internal control weaknesses lead to overpayments (southern pacific) [redacted]
    the objective of this audit was to determine whether southern pacific transportation company's (the host railroad) invoices to amtrak for services from january 1997 through december 1999 were accurate.
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  • information technology: opportunities exist to improve services, economies, and contract performance
    our audit objectives were to determine whether the it department (itd) has (1) developed an adequate strategic plan and contract design for acquiring it services, (2) established adequate processes and controls to accomplish contract administration and oversee performance of service providers, and (3) received services that meet the contract terms and conditions.
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  • amtrak employee uses false social security number
    an amtrak employee used a false social security number to obtain employment as an assistant conductor. an oig investigation revealed that the employee was not currently a united states citizen, nor was she at the time she was hired, and that the social security number was not valid.
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