Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

An Amtrak passenger conductor based in Florence, South Carolina, was terminated from employment on September 2, 2021, following his administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policy by engaging in outside employment while on a medical leave of absence...

An Amtrak senior manager based in Beech Grove, Indiana, was terminated from employment on August 30, 2021. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policy by failing to formally document, investigate, and report a workplace violence incident involving an employee and by...

Mark Hernandez, a psychiatrist based in Miami, Florida, Brian Dublynn, Vice President of Safe Haven Recovery Inc, and medical marketer, Jennifer Sanford, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on August 17, 2021, to conspiracy charges related to a health...

Our objective for this report was to assess the effectiveness of the company’s efforts to achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.We found that the company has clearer lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) program...

Our objective for this report was to identify the internal control weaknesses that allowed a potential identity theft crime to occur in Chicago and to assess the company’s processes for overseeing and safeguarding items at selected stations.We found that the company has taken steps to strengthen its...

An Amtrak trackman/flagman based in Chicago, Illinois, resigned from employment on August 5, 2021, prior to his administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policies by driving and operating company-owned vehicles without a valid driver’s license on a...

Jonathan Lasko, a resident of Hollywood, Florida, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court ofthe Fifteenth Judicial Circuit for Palm Beach County on June 15, 2021, to charges relatedto a health care fraud scheme. Lasko, who owned addiction treatment facilities inFlorida and California, engaged in a...

A Clerk based in Bear, Delaware, was terminated on July 8, 2021, for failing to report his December 2020 arrest for drug-related charges. Company policy requires employees to notify the company as soon as practicable after an arrest, or within 48 hours after being released from incarceration. The...

An Amtrak sheet metal worker/mechanic based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on June 18, 2021, following his administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policy by failing to disclose a conviction to the company during his employment...