Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

An Amtrak Superintendent in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment on February 9, 2019, following the issuance of our investigative report that determined the Superintendent violated company policy. Our investigation found that the Superintendent awarded more than $22,000 in...

This report assesses the effectiveness of company efforts to detect drug and alcohol issues among employees in safety-sensitive positions. We identified weaknesses in the company’s controls for detecting drug- and alcohol-related issues among its employees in safety-sensitive positions. We found...

An Amtrak employee in Los Angeles, California, resigned from employment on December 4, 2018, following our investigation which revealed the employee stole money from the Employee Committee Fund. During an interview, the employee admitted to stealing over $20,000 from the fund and using the money to...

A former ticket agent who was assigned to Los Angeles Union Station pleaded guilty to felony charges for theft of funds in U.S. District Court on February 25, 2019. Our investigation determined that the former ticket agent would wait until train conductors electronically scanned passenger tickets...

This report assesses the extent to which the company has taken steps to ensure that contracting officers’ technical representatives (COTRs) conduct effective post-award contract oversight. We identified weaknesses in Amtrak’s practices related to its COTRs who should provide day-to-day oversight of...

An Amtrak Passenger Conductor, two Assistant Passenger Conductors, and an Usher/Gateman were disciplined for policy violations on February 5, 2019. The employees allowed and/or assisted non-ticketed passengers to receive unauthorized free travel aboard company trains on several occasions, generally...

Individuals and companies use private railcars for leisure travel and to operate businesses by renting the railcars, hosting onboard events, or selling individual seats or beds. When Amtrak assumed responsibility for intercity passenger rail service in 1971, it also assumed responsibility for the...

An Amtrak Foreman was formally reprimanded and disqualified from his current position on January 22, 2019, for one year after he admitted to violating the company’s Standards of Excellence and Acceptable Use policies for computer and network systems. The employee inappropriately viewed movies while...

A former Amtrak employee was sentenced on January 22, 2019, in U.S. District Court to a year and one day incarceration for federal program bribery. Also, the court ordered the employee to forfeit funds and property totaling $20,042.Timothy Miller, who pleaded guilty on April 19, 2018, to one count...

An Amtrak Service Engineer resigned from employment on December 20, 2018, following a joint investigation with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) OIG which revealed the employee simultaneously worked at both Amtrak and New York’s MTA. The employee failed to disclose his dual employment...