Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

This report assesses the effectiveness of the company’s real property management processes.We identified several opportunities to strengthen the effectiveness of the company’s real property management processes. Specifically, the company could have avoided at least $23.2 million in unnecessary costs...

Two executives at a textile company, based in Milford, Delaware, pleaded guilty to federal program bribery charges in U.S. District Court in February.Donald Crothers, the company’s vice president for marketing and contract administration, and John Gonzales, the company’s executive vice president and...

Two Amtrak employees, Narcisse Tsaba, Electrician, and Jean-Jacques Lontchi, Locomotive Inspector, resigned on February 4 and February 12, 2019, respectively. The two employees previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fraud charges in the District of Columbia Superior Court for participating in a...

An Amtrak Sheetmetal Technician in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment on March 15, 2019, following an administrative hearing for violating company policy. Our investigation found that the employee intentionally sabotaged a wheel truing machine in the Los Angeles yard in order to...

An Amtrak Foreman/Trackman in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment on February 25, 2019, following the employee’s administrative hearing for violating company policies. Our investigation found that the Foreman/Trackman stole paper products from the locker room supply cabinet and...

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...