Blog: Investigating theft and fraud at workplace<\/p>\n
Once have positively identified a suspect of theft or fraud, you might wonder what next steps to take. It\u2019s always best to act immediately and hiring a private investigator is a logical and effective first course of action.<\/p>\n
When conducting an internal investigation, it\u2019s good practice to place the suspected employee on administrative leave, suspend them or temporarily transfer them to another location. It is completely lawful to\u00a0gather evidence against an employee through various surveillance tactics; both covert cameras and undercover surveillance teams may be necessary. Video evidence of a theft is the most solid in terms of proof, but witness statements may also be used. A private investigator may check an employee\u2019s financial records, computer files and work e-mails to back up video findings. Careful documentation and confidentiality with interviewees is very important to prove that evidence has not been tampered with.\u00a0Once the theft or fraud is proven, you will likely want to terminate your employee\u2019s employment. Make sure that you follow all legal guidelines to avoid any wrongful termination lawsuits against your company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Blog: Investigating theft and fraud at workplace Once have positively identified a suspect of theft or fraud, you might wonder what next steps to take. It\u2019s always best to act immediately and hiring a private investigator is a logical and effective first course of action. When conducting an internal investigation, it\u2019s good practice to place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21825,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4363,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208\/revisions\/4363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5208sec001spring2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}