Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

Michael Hollingsworth, a resident of New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, on November 19, 2019, for accepting a gratuity in return for his involvement in falsifying an Amtrak pre-employment drug test. According to the indictment, Hollingsworth worked as a...

Alpha Painting & Construction Company, Inc., an industrial painting and construction company based in Baltimore, was sentenced November 14, 2019, in United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to five-years’ probation, a $500,000 fine, and forfeiture of $10.9 million. Alpha was...

I am pleased to submit the Amtrak Office of InspectorGeneral Semiannual Report to the United StatesCongress for the six months ending September 30,2019. This is the 60th semiannual report we haveproduced since our establishment in 1988.During this period, our investigators identified a fraudscheme...

An Amtrak supervisor resigned on November 14, 2019, for violating company policy by stealing company property and misusing his own and other employees’ company time for personal tasks. The case has been referred to the U.S. Department of Justice, and criminal proceedings are pending.

Andre Wilburn, a resident of New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on October 24, 2019, to access device fraud and aggravated identity theft for his involvement in an Amtrak eVoucher scheme. Wilburn and his co-conspirators used stolen credit card information...

An Amtrak On Board Services employee in New Orleans was terminated from employment on October 9, 2019, following an administrative hearing for violating company policy. Our investigation found that the employee fraudulently advertised and accepted payment for an Amtrak private charter trip that...

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...