Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

A management official and a company Inspector violated Amtrak policies by accepting gifts and favors from a construction contractor who was awarded a $58 million contract by the company. The management official received gifts from the contractor, including three trips to Philadelphia, and drinks and...

Hootan Melamed, a pharmacist based in Los Angeles, California, was sentenced in United States District Court, Southern District of California, on March 29, 2021, to six months in prison and three years’ probation for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Melamed was also ordered to forfeit $1,816...

Lauren Jones, a former Hertz employee in Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court of Cook County on March 24, 2021, to felony theft charges and was sentenced to two years’ probation on the same date. Our investigation found that Jones stole validated parking passes for the Chicago Union...

An Amtrak baggageman based in Chicago, Illinois, was terminated from employment on November 3, 2020, following his administrative hearing. On September 14, 2020, we were notified that the former employee had been arrested for offenses which included Identity Theft. At the time of his arrest, he was...

Marc Hoang, a Pharmacist based in West Covina, California, pleaded guilty in United States District Court, Central District of California, on October 26, 2020, to making a false statement related to a health care fraud investigation. Our investigation found that Hoang knowingly and willfully made a...

A Senior Engineer was arrested on March 8, 2021, for theft of Amtrak property and terminated from employment the following day. From approximately August 2016 through July 2020, the employee is alleged to have stolen approximately 77 chainsaws, approximately 103 chainsaw replacement bars, and...

A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, to theft of government funds on January 12, 2021. Our investigation disclosed that Ryan Kane, a resident of Philadelphia, participated in a scheme to defraud Amtrak and others by using stolen credit card...

A supervisor based at Sunnyside Yard in New York City was terminated on February 18, 2021, following an administrative hearing. The former employee violated company policies by fraudulently claiming and accepting payment for regular pay, overtime pay, or both during hours when he was not working. In...

A Senior Engineer was terminated on February 5, 2021, for violating company policies by downloading and viewing pornographic material from various websites and viewing videos that were stored on a USB storage device connected to his company-owned computer. In addition, the employee repeatedly used...