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[quote user="BaltACD"] [quote user="Sam1"] [quote user="oltmannd"] Read the latest Trains article about Conrail and the issue of reported vs. actual on duty time and the crew's rationale for doing what they did.  Then read about the LIRR retired/disability/Railroad Retirement scandal.   This is nothing new.  It's been part of the RR culture in the northeast for a long time.  That's not to say it shouldn't be fixed.   Ron Batory fixed it on Conrail.  Amtrak can fix it, too.   You don't need more managers to fix it.  Just managers who manage. [/quote] Management can implement a zero tolerance policy for fraud and unethical conduct. It can implement preventive and detective controls to help prevent fraud and detect it when it occurs. But they will not prevent all fraud.   There are some bad guys and gals, mostly guys, who figure out how to beat the system.  And some of them, based on my experience, beat it for a long time.  Fraud prevention, detection, and investigation was one of my management roles for a Fortune 250 corporation for more than 25 years. Catching the bad guys is more challenging than most people realize.  [/quote]  Fraud is not just a 'worker' thing - in many cases it is management that 'cooks the books' to channel funds into their own pocket. [/quote] Spot on!  Over my career I supervised 85 fraud investigations. The three largest frauds ($3.8, $1.3, and $1.1 million) were pulled off by company officers or a commodities trader.  Many of the employee frauds were petty, although one "highly trusted" employee got us for half a million. She pulled it off over 12 years. Fraud is more widespread than most people realize. It costs Americans billions of dollars each year.
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