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An Amtrak Program Manager based in Washington D.C. was terminated July 1, 2019, for allowing a family member to use her company travel pass and Amtrak identification card to frequently travel on Amtrak trains between May 2018 and June 2019. The company’s travel pass policy allows Amtrak employees to ride Amtrak regional and Acela trains for free or at a discounted rate. While this privilege is also extended to the Amtrak employee’s spouse or dependents, Amtrak employees are not permitted to provide their employee travel pass for use by any other person. Judicial proceedings are pending.
Audit of Community Service Grants Awarded to West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Charleston, West Virginia, for the Period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018, Report No. ASJ1901-1904
An Amtrak Customer Service Representative in Salinas, California, was terminated from employment on April 5, 2019, following an administrative hearing for violating company policies. Our investigation found that the Customer Service Representative manually adjusted ticket prices for the benefit and financial gain of family members and then lied to his supervisor when questioned about it.
John Mckoy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on June 14, 2019, to multiple health care fraud charges related to involvement in a scheme to defraud a health care benefit plan, which provided coverage to Amtrak employees and their dependents. McKoy was the owner and operator of several neighborhood health care facilities, including Mt. Pleasant Medical Management, Inc. and Harris Medical Management, Inc. Between November 2004 and October 2007, McKoy submitted, and caused to be submitted, hundreds of false and fraudulent claims to United Health Care Corporation totaling more than $321,000 for services purportedly rendered to predominately Amtrak patients who were never seen or treated for those services. McKoy’s fraud caused Amtrak a loss of approximately $291,000.This joint investigation was conducted with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Department of Labor OIG and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
