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Audits Press Release
New Report Finds Improved Inventory Practices Could Help Amtrak Better Manage Equipment
WASHINGTON – Amtrak could better manage its maintenance-of-way and rolling stock equipment if it implemented better internal controls, a recently released Amtrak Office of Inspector General report found.
07/31/2019
Investigations Press Release
Delaware executive sentenced in bribery, contract steering case investigated by Amtrak OIG
PHILADELPHIA – An executive from a small, Delaware-based manufacturing firm was sentenced Monday for his role in bribing an Amtrak contract administrator in exchange for awarding the firm with millions of dollars in Amtrak seat-cushion contracts.
07/26/2019
Audits Press Release
Passengers, employees at risk due to longstanding security weaknesses at Washington Union Station, Ivy City Yard says Amtrak’s OIG
WASHINGTON – Amtrak’s longstanding security weaknesses at Washington Union Station and Ivy City Yard put employees and passengers at risk a new report from Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General said.
07/25/2019
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to guilty plea in Florida money laundering case
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The owner of a substance abuse treatment center pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for his role in a $57 million money laundering and pass-through billing scheme.
07/09/2019
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-led investigation leads to fraud charges against Chicago chiropractor
June 10, 2019
For Immediate Release
CHICAGO – A Chicago-based chiropractor was indicted on federal fraud charges June 3, 2019, for allegedly submitting reimbursement claims to private insurers for nonexistent treatment.
06/10/2019
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG investigation leads to $466,500 civil settlement in bid rigging case
For Immediate Release
April 24, 2019
04/24/2019
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG-supported investigation leads to prison sentence for medical director of substance abuse treatment facility
For Immediate Release
03/14/2019
Audits Press Release
Weaknesses in Amtrak’s drug and alcohol testing controls expose company to potential financial, safety risks
For Immediate Release
March 14, 2019
03/14/2019
Investigations Press Release
Amtrak OIG investigation leads to $260,000 civil settlement in alleged improper billing case
March 6, 2019
For Immediate Release
PHILADELPHIA – The United States reached a $260,000 civil settlement Friday with a contractor who was providing catenary services to Amtrak.
03/06/2019
Investigations Press Release
Seven more sentenced in Amtrak OIG-supported Florida health care fraud case
Feb. 13, 2019
For Immediate Release
02/13/2019