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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Our investigation determined that an Amtrak Trackman based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, violated company policies by failing to disclose three criminal convictions for theft—including two graded as felonies—in his employment application. The employee was terminated on April 2, 2025, and is no...

Our objective was to assess the company’s efforts to identify and manage its risk of train strikes—incidents in which a train hits people or vehicles. Train strikes have resulted in hundreds of fatalities and injuries in recent years and can take a heavy toll on the crew members involved—by our...