NEWARK, N.J. — A former Amtrak employee has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay almost $960,000 in restitution for his part in a fraud scheme that saw the Amtrak health care plan pay more than $11 million in false claims.
Devon Burt, 53, of Blue Bell, Pa., received the sentence on Oct. 7, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced. Sentencing followed his guilty plea in June 2023 for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to communicate extortionate threats. Along with the prison time, he received two years’ supervised release and an order to pay $959,072…