Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, to theft of government funds on January 12, 2021. Our investigation disclosed that Ryan Kane, a resident of Philadelphia, participated in a scheme to defraud Amtrak and others by using stolen credit card...

A supervisor based at Sunnyside Yard in New York City was terminated on February 18, 2021, following an administrative hearing. The former employee violated company policies by fraudulently claiming and accepting payment for regular pay, overtime pay, or both during hours when he was not working. In...

A Senior Engineer was terminated on February 5, 2021, for violating company policies by downloading and viewing pornographic material from various websites and viewing videos that were stored on a USB storage device connected to his company-owned computer. In addition, the employee repeatedly used...

Our objective for this report was to assess the extent to which the company is incorporating its injury claims financial data into its Safety Management System (SMS).We found that the company’s Safety and Operations departments currently use injury and accident reports to identify the most frequent...

Two Amtrak coach cleaners based in Sanford, Florida, resigned from the company on January 21, 2021, prior to their administrative hearings. Our investigation found the former employees violated company policy by engaging in outside employment and other activities, such as traveling on a personal...

An Amtrak carman based in Beech Grove, Indiana, was terminated from employment on January 9, 2021, following his administrative hearing. Our investigation found the former employee violated company policy when he failed to report multiple drug or alcohol related convictions on his initial background...

An Amtrak Customer Service Representative in Los Angeles, California, received an 18-day suspension on December 7, 2020, and another resigned from the company on December 24, 2020, for violating company policy. Our investigation found that the employees participated in the manual pricing of an...

An Amtrak secretary based in Chicago, Illinois, resigned from the company on November 10, 2020, while under investigation for engaging in outside employment while taking Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave and while on a Medical Leave of Absence. Our investigation found that the former employee...

An Amtrak yard conductor based in Washington, DC, resigned from the company on December 31, 2020, prior to his administrative hearing. The former employee was administratively charged by Amtrak management for actions that brought discredit to the company. Our investigation found that the former...

An Amtrak employee based in Jackson, Michigan, was terminated from employment on December 2, 2020, for violating the collective bargaining agreement between the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Amtrak. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policy by...