Embezzlement | Misappropriation of Funds | Flight Abroad

With around 776,000 employees subject to social insurance contributions, Munich shows an above-average employment rate compared with the national picture. While the growth in crafts amounts to roughly 0.8 per cent, the service sector is expanding significantly at around 1.7 per cent (2014). As an employer you understandably have an interest in reliable staff, which is why our commercial investigators in Munich are frequently asked by employers for support when it comes to a candidate’s background or when an employer has doubts about an employee’s continued loyalty.

Kurtz Detective Agency Munich is well versed in fraud and embezzlement to the detriment of the employing company: +49 89 7007 4301.

Promoted within the Company — and Then Gone Abroad

Especially when a role demands trustworthiness and responsible conduct from the employee, it is essential to ensure the person’s reliability. Even long-serving employees may seize the opportunity when promoted to a position that grants them extended powers, for example in contract negotiations, contract signing or with account authorisation. Employees who until then were loyal but are suddenly entrusted with creditor or debtor postings may turn unscrupulous and divert incoming or outgoing payments to their own accounts or to accomplices. If the same employee also handles dunning procedures, it can take months for discrepancies to become apparent. Often the “diligent” employee has by then disappeared abroad. In such cases our IHK-certified commercial investigators in Munich must carry out cross-border enquiries to bring the perpetrator to justice.

If you are affected by such a case, our Munich detectives will help you locate the delinquent. Our investigator team, itself multicultural and multilingual, maintains collegial contacts in neighbouring countries and in many further states that assist us in the investigations. Together we usually succeed in presenting the offender, based on the court-admissible evidence documented by our commercial investigators, to the domestic judiciary and ensuring a just sanction; depending on the severity of the offence, this may result in a fine or imprisonment of up to five years under § 266 StGB (embezzlement).

Insertion of a Detective into the Company

In special cases the insertion of a detective posing as one of your employees is required. In this way they can make inconspicuous contact with the target person and investigate even more effectively. In a staff insertion one of our private detectives works in your company, carries out activities in the same area of the business as the target person, spends as much time as possible with the suspected offender — if necessary also outside working hours — and thereby gains their trust. This measure is relatively time- and cost-intensive, which is why we recommend obtaining a non-binding telephone consultation from our commercial investigators in Munich about detective fees in advance: +49 89 7007 4301.

If you suspect that one of your employees is unlawfully enriching themselves to your detriment, Kurtz Detective Agency Munich is at your disposal. We conduct thorough research, observe the target person where appropriate, and compile court-admissible evidence for you.