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EMPLOYEE AGREES TO CIVIL SETTLEMENT AFTER FALSIFYING APPLICATION FOR ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN ADVANCE

2024
OIG-WS-2024-348
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak train attendant based in Miami, Florida, signed a civil settlement agreement on September 2, 2024, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida. The employee was ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution and a $2,500 penalty. Our investigation found that the employee submitted...

EMPLOYEE AGREES TO CIVIL SETTLEMENT AFTER FALSIFYING APPLICATION FOR ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN ADVANCE

2024
OIG-WS-2024-347
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak train attendant based in Miami, Florida, signed a civil settlement agreement on May 13, 2024, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida. The employee was ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution and a $5,000 penalty. Our investigation found that the employee submitted a...

MAJOR PROGRAMS: Amtrak Is Establishing a Structure for Managing the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, but Better Planning Would Improve Oversight and Reduce Risks

2024
OIG-A-2024-010
Audit
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Our objective was to assess the company’s management and oversight of the Frederick Douglass Tunnel program.We found that the company is developing its management structure for the FDT program but initially did not have an effective structure or sufficient staff in place. In December 2022, the...

Employee Agrees to Civil Settlement Related to the Fraudulent Receipt of Railroad Retirement Board Benefits

2024
OIG-WS-2024-346
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak train attendant based in Charlotte, North Carolina, signed a civil settlement agreement on August 13, 2024, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of North Carolina. The employee agreed to pay a total of $10,800 in settlement, restitution, and penalties to the Railroad...

Employee Terminated for Failing to Report Arrest for Driving Under the Influence

2024
OIG-WS-2024-345
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

An Amtrak conductor based in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment on August 13, 2024, following an administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by failing to report his arrest for driving under the influence.

California Doctor Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Investigation

2024
OIG-WS-2024-344
Investigation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)

Navanjun Grewal, a doctor based in Los Angeles, California, was sentenced on July 2, 2024, in U.S. District Court, Central District of California, for making a false statement and for obstructing a federal audit related to a health care fraud investigation. Grewal was sentenced to two years’...

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...

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