Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

Quinton Johnson, a former Amtrak employee from Irvington, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on October 28, 2025, in U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. As a result, the court ordered Johnson to forfeit all property, real or personal, in the amount of $4...

An Amtrak Trackman/Watchman based in Wilmington, Delaware, was terminated from employment on October 14, 2025, following an administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by shipping baggage on Amtrak trains while traveling by other means, driving a...

Anthony Gregory, a former Amtrak conductor based in Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty on September 3, 2025, in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Diego, to one count Obscene Matter Depicting Persons Under 18 and to one count Disobeying a Court Order. Our...

An Amtrak coach cleaner based in New Orleans, Louisiana, signed a civil settlement agreement on September 22, 2025, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana. The employee agreed to pay $19,132.75 in restitution and a penalty of $4,497.25 related to the fraudulent receipt of a...

Two Amtrak employees were sentenced in August 2025 and a third pleaded guilty in July 2025 for their roles in a health care fraud conspiracy investigated by Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). In addition, a New York-based physical therapist pleaded guilty in June 2025 for her role in the...

Ajmal Atherton of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty on August 30, 2025, in Brooklyn District Court to one count of grand larceny in the third degree and one count of offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree. Our investigation found that Atherton fraudulently obtained New York...

An Amtrak director based in Chicago, Illinois, received verbal counseling on June 24, 2025, as the result of our investigation. We found that the employee violated company policies by failing to properly off-board a former employee upon termination and by failing to secure the former employee’s...

An Amtrak manager based in Thorndale, Pennsylvania, was terminated from employment on September 18, 2025, following an administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by providing false information on his employment application.

Two Amtrak Police Department (APD) senior officers received written counseling on July 23, 2025, as a result of our investigation. We found that one officer violated company policy by having on-duty APD officers transport her to various locations on two days while she was off-duty. In addition, we...

A machinist journeyman based in Sunrise, Florida, was sentenced July 23, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to 18 months of probation and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $90,900 after pleading guilty to one count of felony theft, as a result of money received from...