The William H. Gray III 30th Street Station. Read more Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer

by Chris Palmer Published Oct. 1, 2025, 4:20 p.m. ET

The owner of an Illinois-based masonry company was sentenced Wednesday to 7½ years in prison for participating in what federal prosecutors called an “extraordinarily brash” bribery scheme that helped inflate the cost of a $100 million renovation project at 30th Street Station.

Mark Snedden and employees at his firm, Mark 1 Restoration, provided a series of extravagant gifts to the Amtrak manager overseeing the project from 2016 to 2019 — including paid vacations to India and Ecuador, a Tourneau watch, expensive meals, and a German shepherd puppy, along with dog-training classes.

In exchange, the project manager, Ajith Bhaskaran, helpe

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