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Engineer Terminaed for Failure to Disclose Outside Business Activities and Misus of Amtrak Computer

2025
OIG-WS-2025-333
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Our investigation determined that an Amtrak Engineer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, violated company policies by misusing his company-issued computer to conduct personal business on company time and failing to report three outside businesses on his annual Certificates of Compliance. He was...

Lineman Trainee Terminated for Offering Employment in Exchange for Sexual Favors

2025
OIG-WS-2025-334
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Our investigation determined that a former Lineman Trainee based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, violated company policies by offering company employment under false pretenses in exchange for sexual favors, as well as lying in an OIG interview about his interaction with the complainant. Specifically...

Employee and Spouse Convicted for Fraudulent Receipt of Pandemic Related Funds

2025
OIG-WS-2025-335
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak Passenger Conductor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on June 24, 2025, in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, to one count of wire fraud involving the fraudulent submission and subsequent receipt of $52,500 for two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans...

Technology: Interim Report on the Company’s Cloud Computing Practices

2025
OIG-MAR-2025-008
Audit
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Like other organizations, Amtrak (the company) has been migrating its existing technology systems and data and deploying new systems to the cloud, and its efforts are ongoing. During our ongoing audit of the company’s cloud computing practices, we identified two pressing cybersecurity issues. We are...

Acquisition and Procurement: Company Has Opportunities to More Effectively Ensure That It Awards Contracts in Its Best Interest

2025
OIG-A-2025-007
Audit
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Our objective was to assess the extent to which the company has effective processes and controls during the pre-award phase to ensure contracts it awards are in its best interest. We found that certain pre-award contracting activities generally worked well, but we identified two areas where...

TWO MEDICAL PROVIDERS EXCLUDED FROM FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS

2025
OIG-WS-2024-332
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

New York based health care providers Muhammad Mirza, a medical doctor, and Punson Figueroa, an acupuncturist, were excluded June 19, 2025, from participating in federal health care programs by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG). The two providers previously pleaded...

Financial Management: Quality Control Review of Amtrak’s Single Audit for Fiscal Year 2024

2025
OIG-A-2025-006
Audit
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Amtrak (the company) contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP to audit its consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year then ended, September 30, 2024, and to provide a report on internal control over financial reporting and compliance with...

Semiannual Report to Congress #71 (October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025)

2025
SAR-71
Semiannual Report
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

I am pleased to submit the Amtrak Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to the United States Congress for the six months ending March 31, 2025, which summarizes our independent and objective reviews and investigations related to Amtrak’s programs and operations.

Supervisor Terminated for Leaving Work to Meet Girlfriend

2025
OIG-WS-2025-329
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Our investigation determined that an Amtrak Supervisor based in New York violated company policies by regularly leaving work after clocking in to meet his girlfriend at two hotels in New York City. The supervisor was unreachable when project managers and other supervisors tried to contact him during...

Manager Likely Forged Employees' Signatures on Disciplinary Waivers

2025
OIG-WS-2025-331
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Our investigation determined that an Amtrak manager based in Philadelphia likely forged an employee’s signature on his final disciplinary waiver and a second disciplinary waiver for another employee in December 2022. On March 31, 2025, the manager was placed on administrative leave pending...

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