Investigative Reports

Jason Chan, a California resident, pleaded guilty to Wire Fraud and Aiding and Abetting on November 27, 2023, in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Jamar Rogers, also a resident of California, pleaded guilty to the same charge on October 10, 2023.Our investigation found that Rogers purchased Amtrak tickets with stolen credit cards and exchanged the tickets for vouchers that he then advertised for sale. Chan purchased the vouchers from Rogers at a discounted rate, used them to buy new tickets, and then sold the tickets online at a discounted price. As a result of the scheme, Rogers and Chan caused Amtrak to issue approximately $38,000 in ticket vouchers and caused losses of over $45,000 to Amtrak, card-issuing banks, and card holders.

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), completed an investigation into a passport production incident at the GPO Stennis Secure Production Facility, Mississippi.

We found that a full-time NPS employee wrongfully obtained State unemployment insurance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.

Mark Hernandez, a psychiatrist based in Miami, Florida; Peter Port, owner of Safe Haven Recovery Inc.; Brian Dublynn, Vice President of Safe Haven Recovery; and medical marketer Jennifer Sanford were sentenced in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, on October 23, 2023, for conspiracy and other charges related to health care fraud. Hernandez was sentenced to 52 months in prison and 3 years’ probation; Port was sentenced to 108 months in prison and 3 years’ probation; Dublynn was sentenced to 42 months in prison and 3 years’ probation; and Sanford was sentenced to time served and 3 years’ probation.The defendants conspired to defraud private health companies by causing Safe Haven, a substance abuse treatment facility in Miami, along with several clinical laboratories, to submit false and fraudulent claims to health insurance plans for addiction treatment services that were not provided as billed and laboratory tests that were not medically necessary. As a result of the scheme, Amtrak’s insurance providers were billed approximately $86,130.

We found that a contractor wrongfully obtained over $10.7 million in Buy Indian Act set-aside contracts from BIA and BIE.

An Amtrak lead service attendant based in Miami, Florida, resigned from her position on October 20, 2023, as a result of our investigation. We found that the former employee violated company policies by engaging in outside employment while on a medical leave of absence.

We investigated allegations that a coal operator failed to pay mineral royalties on coal produced from Federal leases in Wyoming and Kentucky.