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Investigative Reports
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
DOJ Press Release: Former Baltimore City Council Candidate Sentenced for Bank Fraud and False Statements in Connection With $1.7 Million Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON – Nicholas Moore, 24, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court in connection with hacking the electronic filing system of the U.S. Supreme Court at least 25 times and additionally hacking accounts at AmeriCorps and the Veterans Administration Health System, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Conditions of Confinement and Medical Treatment of Frederick Mervin Bardell and Related Representations to the Court, Upon Referral by Senior U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr.
An Amtrak lead ticket agent based in Sanford, Florida, and an Amtrak onboard services trainee based in Lorton, Virgina, resigned from employment on January 6, 2026, and December 18, 2025, respectively, while under investigation. Our investigation found that the former lead ticket agent stole several pieces of jewelry, valued at over $30,000, from the Sanford Station lost and found. The lead ticket agent then provided the jewelry to the onboard services trainee, who sold the jewelry to a pawn shop. When interviewed by our agents, both former employees admitted to their involvement in the theft and that they split the money obtained from the sale of the jewelry. The former employees are ineligible for rehire.
Based on our investigation, the lead ticket agent has been arrested and charged with grand theft. Judicial proceedings are pending for the onboard services trainee.
Investigative Summary: Finding of Misconduct by a Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney for Failing to Promptly Report an Intimate Relationship with a Subordinate in Violation of Policy
We received an anonymous hotline complaint in January 2025 asking the Office of Inspector General to investigate a conflict of interest involving two senior CPSC officials at the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
An Amtrak communications and signals trainee based in Baltimore, Maryland, resigned from employment on December 3, 2025, prior to his administrative hearing. Our investigation found that the former employee violated company policies by creating and submitting false treatment records to the company to obtain leave under the Family Medical Leave Act. The former employee is not eligible for rehire.
