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Former Employee Pleads Guilty and Sentenced in Pandemic Fraud Scheme

2024
OIG-WS-2024-343
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Sean Langston, a former Amtrak supervisor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for his role in a wide-ranging pandemic fraud scheme on July 30, 2024, in Chester County, Pennsylvania State Court. Langston was sentenced to 6 months in prison, 6 months home...

Employee Terminated for Transmitting Company Information Without Authorization

2024
OIG-WS-2024-342
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak Director based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on July 3, 2024, following the issuance of our investigative report. Our investigation found that the employee, along with another former employee, violated company policies by surreptitiously transmitting confidential...

Investigation Leads to Information Technology Security Updates

2024
OIG-WS-2024-341
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Amtrak notified our office February 16, 2024, of a potential data‐sharing incident. Our investigation found that an employee granted two third‐party email accounts access to an Amtrak OneDrive/SharePoint folder which contained 369 company files related to an Amtrak program. As a result of our...

Opioid Manufacturer Sentenced

2024
OIG-WS-2024-340
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Endo Health Solutions Inc. (EHSI) was ordered May 2, 2024, to pay $1.086 billion in criminal fines and an additional $450 million in criminal forfeiture—the second-largest set of criminal financial penalties ever levied against a pharmaceutical company—for violations of the federal Food, Drug and...

Employee Terminated for Falesly Reporting That Required Safety Inspections Were Completed

2024
OIG-WS-2024-339
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak foreman based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on June 25, 2024, following an administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by falsely reporting in the company’s Work Management System that required safety inspections had...

Assignment Clerk Pleads Guilty After Falsifying Applications for Pandemic Relief Programs

2024
OIG-WS-2024-338
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Michael Holder, an Amtrak assignment clerk based in Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on June 5, 2024, in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, to two counts of Wire Fraud related to the fraudulent receipt of benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Our...

Employee Agrees to Forbearance and Workout Agreement Related to the Fraudulent Receipt of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan

2024
OIG-WS-2024-337
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak lead service attendant based in Miami, Florida, entered into a forbearance and workout agreement on May 22, 2024, with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and agreed to a payment schedule to satisfy his settlement and restitution amounts. The employee agreed to pay a total of $124,631...

Employee Resigns After Investigation Finds Failure to Disclose Felony Conviction

2024
OIG-WS-2024-336
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak electrical journeyman based in Miami, Florida, resigned from his position on April 19, 2024, as a result of our investigation. We found that the former employee violated company policies by failing to disclose a felony criminal conviction on his background investigation questionnaire when...

EMPLOYEE AGREES TO CIVIL SETTLEMENT RELATED TO THE RECEIPT OF PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN

2024
OIG-WS-2024-335
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak customer service representative based in Miami, Florida, signed a civil settlement agreement on April 16, 2024, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida. The employee agreed to pay a total of $25,400 to the Small Business Administration (SBA), which includes damages...

Financial Management: Quality Control Review of Amtrak’s Single Audit for Fiscal Year 2023

2024
OIG-A-2024-008
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, 2023, and to provide a report on internal control over financial reporting and compliance with...

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