Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

Tyler Deandre Johnson, a resident of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty on November 15, 2022, in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, to one count fraud and related activity in connection with access devices and one count aggravated identity theft. Johnson is a co-conspirator with Darius...

Our objective for this report was to assess the effectiveness of the company’s practices for identifying and tracking its operational technology assets to facilitate its ability to protect them from cybersecurity threats.We identified opportunities for the company to improve its practices for...

An Amtrak electrician based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on October 19, 2022, after our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by misusing a company-owned computer and misusing company time, which included outside business activities. We also found...

An Amtrak Electronic Specialist and a Maintainer based in Newark, New Jersey, resigned in lieu of their disciplinary hearings on September 14, 2022, and September 27, 2022, respectively. We determined that Keith Kovaleski, an Assistant Foreman based in New York who is currently awaiting sentencing...

An Amtrak employee based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was terminated from employment on October 5, 2022, after our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by posting inappropriate and offensive language and images on her publicly available Facebook account that also identified...

An Amtrak Maintainer based in Newark, New Jersey, and a Trainer based in Sunnyside, New York, were terminated after their disciplinary hearings on October 4, 2022. The two former employees conspired with another employee, Keith Kovaleski, to sell misbranded and unapproved new drugs. The Maintainer...

Our objective for this report was to assess how effective the company has been in achieving its emissions-reduction goals.We found that the company appears to be on track to reach its 2030 goal to reduce emissions by 40 percent below its 2010 baseline, to purchase 100 percent carbon-free electricity...

An Amtrak Trackman based in New York was terminated on September 20, 2022, after his disciplinary hearing for violating company policies. The former employee posted inappropriate and offensive images—including one depicting what appeared to be illicit drugs—as well as an internal company document...

A Trackman/Watchman based in New York resigned on April 12, 2022, prior to his disciplinary hearing. The former employee failed to report his two alcohol related arrests in August 2017 and August 2019 and their corresponding convictions in July 2019 and April 2021.