we are initiating an audit of the company’s ethics program. our objective is to assess the company’s program for ensuring ethical conduct, and preventing and detecting potential conflicts of interest. this audit will include an assessment of the program’s polices, its organizational alignment and responsibilities for administering the program, as well as its training, monitoring, and enforcement…
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we are initiating an audit of the company’s efforts to minimize the risks associated with employees’ drug and alcohol use, especially for those in safety-sensitive positions. our audit objective is to assess the effectiveness of the company’s efforts to deter, detect and control the use of illegal and prescription drugs and alcohol by employees in safety-sensitive positions.
during the audit, we…
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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 september 30, 2016, pursuant to the inspector general act of 1978, as amended.
in september, joe boardman stepped down from his position as amtrak president and chief executive officer (ceo). during his eight years at the helm, amtrak…
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yoav stein of los angeles county, california, is wanted for multiple counts of healthcare fraud and identity theft.
on september 24, 2015, yoav stein was indicted on 13 felony counts of healthcare fraud and 2 counts of aggravated identity theft. the indictment alleges stein participated in corporate healthcare fairs, where he induced individuals to provide insurance information by offering…
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we initiated an investigation into allegations that an amtrak engineering and traction lineman was misusing a government fleet fuel card assigned to an amtrak-leased vehicle to purchase fuel for his personal vehicles. the investigation disclosed that the employee used the fuel card to purchase fuel for two of his personal vehicles. on november 3, 2015, the employee retired from his position with…
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on november 17, 2016, two former amtrak electricians pleaded guilty in the circuit court of cook county, illinois, to felony theft of amtrak copper cables. both defendants were sentenced to 2 years of probation and 30 hours of community service and ordered by the court to make restitution to amtrak in the amounts of $7,002 and $9,612, respectively. this was a joint investigation conducted by the…
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in september 2015, senator barbara mikulski requested that we review the company’s efforts to redevelop baltimore penn station. in october 2015, we responded that we were skeptical about the company’s ability and readiness to undertake and oversee the redevelopment of the station using a master developer in a timely manner, given the company’s history of weaknesses in managing its programs and…
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we investigated an allegation that an employee violated amtrak’s ethical conduct and conflict of interest policy. we found that the employee engaged in a conflict of interest by creating a website for an amtrak project through his personally owned website development business while being employed by amtrak. on september 29, 2016, the company responded that they had verbally counseled the employee…
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we initiated an investigation into allegations that five amtrak employees working in the mechanical and systems safety departments violated amtrak’s ethics policy by improperly accepting gifts from a vendor doing business with the company, including accepting all–expenses-paid trips to attend the vendor’s annual trade show and convention. during this timeframe, the employees were also directly…
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in october 2015, we received an allegation that an amtrak manager failed to inform management that he owned shares of stock in a company with whom amtrak was doing business, and reportedly participated in the amtrak procurement process with that vendor.
we found that the manager failed to disclose stock ownership in the company on amtrak’s annual certificate of compliance forms or to his…
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