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An Amtrak Food Specialist in Los Angeles, California, was terminated from employment following an administrative hearing June 22, 2018, for violating company policy by fraudulently designating four individuals who were not his legal dependents as beneficiaries on his company health insurance. During...
An Amtrak Foreman was terminated from employment on June 18, 2018, after a hearing officer found that he violated the company’s Standards of Excellence by failing to notify the company of a drug or alcohol-related conviction for engaging in the distribution of, possession with intent to distribute...
An Amtrak Track Supervisor in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, was terminated from employment following an administrative hearing on May 24, 2018, for theft related to time and attendance fraud.
ABSG Consulting, Inc., has agreed to pay the United States $650,000 to resolve an allegation that it knowingly submitted false claims to Amtrak in the award of a $1 million training contract. The allegation arose because Amtrak was not notified that ABSG Consulting’s program manager for the contract...
I am pleased to submit our latest Semiannual Report to the United States Congress. This report highlights the activities of our office for the six months ending March 31, 2018, pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended.During this period, our office continued to pursue our vision of...
Three employees were terminated from employment on April 25, 2018, for violating company policy by using improperly obtained parking passes to avoid paying parking fees at Chicago Union Station and for not fully cooperating with OIG agents.
What We Looked At: Our audit objective was to assess the company’s efforts to enhance the physical security of 30th Street Station and Penn Coach Yard. What We Found: We identified several longstanding security weaknesses in Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station and Penn Coach Yard that have remained...
PHILADELPHIA – A former Amtrak employee pleaded guilty to one count of federal program bribery April 19, 2018, in U.S. District Court.According to court documents, Timothy Miller—a former Lead Contract Administrator with Amtrak responsible for procuring equipment and services and managing the...
Our audit objectives were (1) to assess opportunities for the Mechanical department to reduce costs by right-sizing its component workforce, and (2) to identify potential cost-savings associated with opening its component rebuild workload to competition. Our work indicated that two of three...
