Examples of fraud, waste, or abuse include, but are not limited to:

• Making travel choices or procurement/vendor selections that are contrary to existing policies or are unnecessarily extravagant or expensive
• Personal use of BART materials, equipment, and/or time
• Working in a non-BART position while getting paid by BART for the same hours
• Calling in sick when not actually sick
• Being under the influence of alcohol or drugs during work hours
• Creating unnecessary overtime
• Altering/falsifying records or making false claims (e.g., travel claims, invoices)
• Theft/embezzlement, including theft of time (e.g., claiming pay for time that wasn’t worked or not performing assigned work when on duty)
• Conflicts of interest and ethics violations, such as using customer information for personal gain
• False worker’s compensation claims
• Inefficient procedures or management of resources (e.g., buying equipment that would be less expensive to rent, based on estimated usage; buying unnecessary materials or equipment; holding onto materials that could be returned, reused, or sold)
• Misuse of authority (e.g., a supervisor asking staff to perform personal errands or tasks)
• Misuse of position for personal gain (e.g., discussing future employment with a firm doing business with BART while having contract oversight responsibilities with that firm)
• Gross mismanagement, such as circumventing BART policies and procedures
• Gross neglect of duty
• Intentional destruction, diversion, manipulation, misapplication, maltreatment, or misuse of BART resources
• Substituting inferior products/materials or using counterfeit parts to reduce contract costs while increasing profit
• Bid rigging or collusion
• Receiving or giving kickbacks, bribes, or gratuities
• Contractor overbilling (e.g., charging for more materials than were used or than the contracted price)
• Falsification of certifications
• Violations of laws, regulations, rules, policies and procedures, and provisions of contracts or grant agreements