Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) OIG

Andre Wilburn, a resident of New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on November 14, 2024, to two years of imprisonment, five years of probation, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $468,037 for his participation in an Amtrak ticket fraud scheme...

Maurice Driver, a former Amtrak lead service attendant based in Washington, D.C., was sentenced in U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, on November 6, 2024, for making false statements. He was sentenced to time served and a criminal fine of $200. According to court documents, Driver was...

Thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) oversight of Amtrak (the company) programs and operations. Although the Amtrak OIG is relatively small, I am proud of our extensive oversight record made through our audits, investigations, and other activities...

This report identifies our views of the top management and performance challenges facing the company. This year, the challenge of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic supersedes and permeates the company’s ability to address all other challenges. We believe the company will need to account for and...

In July 2020, our office issued a report on Amtrak’s management of its police department. Our objective was to evaluate the extent to which Amtrak employed key practices to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of its police force. When we initiated our assessment, there were no agreed-upon best...

Two derailments this spring at New York Penn Station (Penn Station) led to significant delays for Amtrak (the company) passengers and rail commuters across the New York City region, raising questions about the aging infrastructure at the nation's busiest train station. In response, the company...

I am pleased to be here today to discuss our recent work on issues relating to Amtrak’s vehicle fleet management. In the past year, we issued three reports identifying recurring problems with the management and oversight of the vehicle fleet.1 Although the focus of these reports was vehicle fleet...

An Amtrak engineer based in Raleigh, North Carolina, received a written reprimand and a 40-day suspension without pay on October 7, 2024. Our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by using the company’s trademarked logo and a picture of one of its locomotives on the website...

An Amtrak carman journeyman based in Sanford, Florida, resigned from his position on November 22, 2024, prior to the completion of his administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policies by misusing military leave on 38 different occasions. Our...

Our objective was to assess the company’s management and oversight of this program and to identify any risks to its successful delivery. We found that the company is in the process of identifying car builders for the first phase of the Long Distance Fleet Replacement Program—intended to replace...