Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

We found that since 2016 the company has made targeted improvements to the processes and data it uses to manage its state-of-good-repair (SOGR) work, and other improvement initiatives are underway. Despite these efforts, the company’s infrastructure asset management capabilities have not advanced...

Four former Amtrak employees, Kevin Frink, of Willingboro, New Jersey; Dion Jacob, of Brooklyn, New York David Lonergan, of Rockaway Park, New York, and Quinton Johnson of Irvington, New Jersey, were sentenced on January 8, 2026, February 18, 2026, March 4, 2026, and March 31, 2026, respectively, in...

An Amtrak reservation sales agent based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resigned from the company on March 30, 2026, while under investigation. Our investigation found that the former employee obtained passenger credit card information and used it to make purchases for himself, as well as booking...

An Amtrak electrician based in Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced March 26, 2026, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to two years of probation and was ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution and 30 hours of community service, after pleading guilty to one count of theft by deception. Our...

An Amtrak on-board services supervisor based in Queens, New York, was terminated from employment on March 26, 2026, following his administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policies by ordering unauthorized cleaning supplies from the company, such as a...

An Amtrak conductor based in Fort Worth, Texas, retired from the company on March 4, 2026, while under investigation. The employee was under investigation for failure to report a felony conviction, acting aggressively toward coworkers and passengers, and for posting threatening messages on social...

An Amtrak machinist based in Beech Grove, Indiana, was terminated from employment on February 23, 2026, following an administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policy by failing to report his felony conviction within 48 hours as required by the company...

A high-speed rail technician based in New York City resigned from his position on February 10, 2026, prior to his administrative hearing. We found that the former employee violated company policies by working a second full-time job at a hospital while he was on company time. The former employee is...

Ajmal Atherton, a resident of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced on January 28, 2026, in Kings Supreme Criminal Court, to three years of probation and was ordered to pay $35,250 in restitution. Our investigation found that Atherton applied for and received over $35,000 in fraudulent New York State...

Octavia Murphy, a resident of Bourbonnais, Illinois, pleaded guilty on January 27, 2026, in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, to one count conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts wire fraud. In the same investigation, Regina Murphy, a resident of Kankakee, Illinois, pleaded...