The west facing side of William H. Gray III 30th Street Station in Philadelphia on Oct. 21. Read more Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer

by Jesse Bunch Published Oct. 23, 2025, 4:57 p.m. ET

A senior executive of an Illinois-based masonry company was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to bribe an Amtrak employee in exchange for lucrative contracts to restore 30th Street Station .

Lee Maniatis, 58, was one of several senior employees of Mark 1 Restoration who participated in the crimes. But prosecutors said he played a central role, influencing the Amtrak project manager Ajith Bhaskaran to sign off on a series of additional contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.

His prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release.

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