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  • oig status report: april 1 through june 30, 2015
    we had 17 ongoing audits addressing 5 focus areas of our annual audit plan as of june 30, 2015. as of june 30, 2015, we had 65 active investigations focusing on significant allegations of suspected fraud, waste, and misconduct in the following areas.
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  • oig status report: july 1 through september 30, 2015
    we had 16 ongoing audits addressing 5 focus areas of our annual audit plan as of september 30, 2015. as of september 30, 2015, we had 69 active investigations focusing on significant allegations of suspected fraud, waste, and misconduct in the following areas.
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  • fraud and forgery
    on october 22, 2015, korey k. sloan, an amtrak employee pled guilty in the circuit court of cook county illinois to wire fraud and forgery, both a class 3 felony, and was sentenced to 24 months incarceration in federal prison. sloan is serving the 24 month sentence in concurrence with a 42 month federal sentence for tax evasion.
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  • governance: alignment with best practices could improve project management office implementation
    our objective was to identify best practices for establishing and operating a pmo function and additional opportunities to improve the company’s project management policies and procedures.
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  • assessing contracts funded by amtrak’s americans with disabilities act (ada) program
    we are initiating a review of contracts awarded under amtrak’s ada program. our objective is to assess the program’s use of competitive market-driven contracts. the fixing america’s surface transportation act of 2016 (pub. l. no. 114-94) requires us to perform this review.
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  • evaluating amtrak’s boarding procedures at amtrak’s 15 busiest stations
    we are initiating a review of amtrak’s passenger boarding procedures. our objectives are to evaluate the boarding procedures for passengers at amtrak’s 15 busiest stations and to compare amtrak’s procedures to those used by commuter railroads, international intercity passenger rail operators, and fixed guideway transit systems.
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  • capital and operating budget best practices
    we are initiating an audit of the company’s annual budgeting process. the objective of this audit will be to determine the extent to which the company is employing best practices in formulating annual budgets, including operating and capital budgets, that provide a sound basis for funding and investment decisions.
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  • larceny
    on december 4, 2015, louis a. giangola, pleaded guilty in connecticut superior court, meridan, connecticut, to one count of larceny (first degree) and one count of failure to appear. he was sentenced to 5 years (suspended) with 5 years' probation for each count to run concurrently.
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  • time & attendance fraud
    in september 2014, the office of inspector general (oig) received information that an amtrak employee was leaving work early every day while being paid for an entire 10-hour shift. it was also reported that the employee was not completing the commercial vehicle logs for their hours of service as required for their position.
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  • fairfax man sentenced for his role in amtrak wreck conspiracy and for federal firearm charge
    united states attorney bill nettles stated today that james duvall love age 34, of fairfax, south carolina was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment today in federal court. on june 17, 2015, love plead guilty to two separate charges: conspiracy to commit wire fraud/cause a train wreck/interfere with a train operator and to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, all in violation of…
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