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Investigative Reports
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
DOJ Press Release: Richmond Man Pleads Guilty to $1 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme
An Amtrak conductor based in Miami, Florida, resigned from his position on April 12, 2022, prior to his administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policies by stealing supplies from a contractor doing business with Amtrak. The former employee was captured on video entering the contractor’s building, which is co-located at the Amtrak yard, and stealing the supplies and loading them into the trunk of his personally-owned car.
Architect of the Capitol (AOC) Employees Violated the AOC Standards of Conduct and Ethics Policies by Wagering on the Outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election and Engaging in Political Conversation While on Duty
Findings of Misconduct by a then Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Employee for Unauthorized Disclosure of Sensitive, Non-Public Information to the Media, including Information from a Draft DOJ OIG Report
A Crew Management Representative based in Wilmington, Delaware, was terminated from the company on May 3, 2022, after a disciplinary hearing. Our investigation found that the employee violated company policies by engaging in outside employment while on a medical leave of absence and receiving short-term disability benefits. The employee is not eligible for rehire.
DOJ Press Release: South Bay Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Multimillion-Dollar Real Estate Scam Involving Fake Open Houses at Not-for-Sale Homes
An Amtrak train attendant based in New Orleans, Louisiana, was terminated from employment on April 4, 2022, following his administrative hearing. The employee was terminated after our investigation resulted in criminal charges for making false statements and theft of government funds. He pleaded guilty to these charges on April 27, 2022.Our investigation found the former employee fraudulently received unemployment benefits provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The employee was not eligible to receive the funds as he was employed by Amtrak during this time and the loan application form he submitted contained false information. The employee received an $89,583 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan by falsifying information in the loan application. He will be sentenced at a future date.
The owner of Corrosion Monitoring Services (CMS), a TVA contractor, pleaded guilty to one felony count of Misprision of a Felony, one felony count of Obstruction of Justice and one felony count of Witness Tampering. The charges were related to an allegation that CMS purposefully damaged metal tubes used in an air heating and exchange system at TVA’s former Paradise Fossil Plant in order to repair those tubes under the CMS contract with TVA.
John Flores, a former Amtrak reservation sales agent based in Riverside, California, was sentenced on April 25, 2022, in U.S. District Court, for the Central District of California, to 3 years of probation and $25,137 in restitution to the company. He pleaded guilty to Theft from Programs Receiving Federal Funds on September 29, 2021. Our investigation found that Flores stole hundreds of eVouchers valued at over $25,000 from customers’ accounts by exploiting the company’s computer system. He then resold the stolen eVouchers for his own personal gain. Flores resigned from the company on May 2, 2017.
