Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

Our objective for this report was to assess the effectiveness of the company’s controls over payment requests.The company has a process that allows its employees to expeditiously make non-recurring and low-dollar purchases and certain high-dollar payments, subject to certain criteria. Known as...

An Amtrak train attendant based in New Orleans, Louisiana, was terminated from employment on April 4, 2022, following his administrative hearing. The employee was terminated after our investigation resulted in criminal charges for making false statements and theft of government funds. He pleaded...

An Amtrak conductor based in Miami, Florida, resigned from his position on April 12, 2022, prior to his administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policies by stealing supplies from a contractor doing business with Amtrak. The former employee was...

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, 2022. For the past six months, Amtrak continued its recovery after its ridership plunged in 2020 due to the pandemic. In November 2021, while...

John Flores, a former Amtrak reservation sales agent based in Riverside, California, was sentenced on April 25, 2022, in U.S. District Court, for the Central District of California, to 3 years of probation and $25,137 in restitution to the company. He pleaded guilty to Theft from Programs Receiving...

Our objective for this report was to assess the extent to which the company planned effectively for the Unified Operations Center (UOC) program, including developing a business case that demonstrated the expected financial and operational benefits compared to the estimated costs.The company began...

Brian Kerr, former Building and Bridges Assistant Supervisor, pleaded guilty in New York County Supreme Court on March 23, 2022, to two misdemeanor counts to Falsify Business Records: Make False Entry. He was sentenced to a conditional discharge and ordered to pay restitution to the company in the...

This report offers our perspective relative to issues the company could face as it prepares to receive funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which could begin later in fiscal year 2022. While the OIG recognizes the company has made significant progress in the past decade...

An Information Technology Manager based in Washington, D.C., was terminated from the company on March 30, 2022. We found that the manager violated company policies by discussing bidding strategies with a vendor and providing exclusive access to company facilities prior to the vendor submitting its...