Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

This report assesses the extent to which the company effectively manages reimbursable projects, including its use of controls to help it recover its costs.We found that the company did not effectively and consistently manage the reimbursable projects we reviewed due to weaknesses in assessing...

A former Road Mechanic based in Providence, Rhode Island, resigned from employment in March 2019 during the course of our investigation, which revealed the employee violated company policies by leaving his work site to engage in outside employment as a tow truck operator during his Amtrak work...

Lamont Brown, a resident of Brooklyn, NY, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on October 10, 2019, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, for his involvement in an Amtrak eVoucher scheme. Brown and his co-conspirators used stolen credit card information to make...

The objective of this Congressionally mandated report was to identify potential cost savings or revenue improvements associated with improved on-time performance (OTP).We found a relationship between improved OTP, increased revenue, and decreased costs. In the short term, we estimated that improving...

This report assesses the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls over the use of procurement cards.Although the company’s policies and practices for controlling its use of procurement cards are generally effective, we found performance gaps and opportunities for improvement in key areas...

Three Florida residents pleaded guilty in June and July 2019 in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, to criminal charges related to healthcare fraud as the result of an Amtrak OIG-supported investigation. Eric Snyder, owner of a substance abuse treatment facility and a sober home...

Christian Newby, 31, of Milan, Michigan, pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Michigan to charges of wire fraud, unlawful possession of a firearm by a drug user, and aggravated identity theft on August 14, 2019. As part of the plea agreement, Newby agreed to a forfeiture amount of $550,000, and...

Three Amtrak employees in Los Angeles, California, were terminated from employment on May 15, 2019, June 19, 2019, and September 5, 2019, following administrative hearings for violating company policies. Our investigation found that these employees changed their employment codes in the company’s...

A former Amtrak Maintainer was sentenced to 12 months of probation on July 19, 2019, in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for advertising the sale of drug paraphernalia. A joint investigation by Amtrak OIG and the Drug Enforcement Agency determined that the company employee was involved in a...

This report assesses the extent to which the Mechanical department efficiently staffs its 12 preventative maintenance facilities. This report is our third in a series that examined how the company can reduce costs by addressing inefficiencies in maintenance operations staffing practices.Although the...