Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

An Engineering Supervisor based in New York City violated company policies by working in violation of the 16-hour rule, receiving unnecessary “Time Paid Not Worked,” and receiving pay for more than 24 hours in a day. Specifically, we found 41 occasions when the supervisor claimed compensatory time...

An Assistant Supervisory Plumber based in New York, New York, violated Amtrak policy by engaging in outside employment at two construction companies while on Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and receiving Railroad Retirement Board benefits. The employee resigned in lieu of his disciplinary hearing...

A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty to charges of Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on May 17, 2023. The man admitted to participating in a "phishing" scheme in which he fraudulently obtained credit card and personal identifying information...

A Crew Management Representative based in Wilmington, Delaware, violated company policy by working at her personally owned business between August 25, 2022, and February 13, 2023, while she was on leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and receiving short-term disability benefits in excess...

Our initial objective was to assess the effectiveness of the company’s oversight and coordination of its private security contractors, but we reported our observations now to inform the company’s efforts to consolidate private security contractors under a nationwide contract.In June 2020 we reported...

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, 2022, 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 (OIG) Semiannual Report to the United States Congress for the six months ending March 31, 2023, which summarizes our independent and objective reviews and investigations related to Amtrak’s programs and operations.The following report...

We issued this management advisory report to bring immediate attention to risks we identified during a visit to an Amtrak facility for a separate audit. During the visit, most of the 26 employees interviewed told us, often unsolicited, about significant safety and security risks they regularly face...

Ketrick Barron, a former Amtrak General Foreman, based in Washington, D.C., was sentenced on May 9, 2023, to three years’ probation and ordered to pay restitution of $6,580 to Amtrak. On February 21, 2023, Barron pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, to one misdemeanor count...