Employee Screening by Detectives from Munich

At major economic centres such as the state capital Munich, economic crime is unfortunately also booming. Kurtz Detective Agency Munich carries out discreet employee surveillance in cases of classic suspicions such as feigned illness, unauthorised secondary employment or competition fraud, but industrial espionage has also become an almost everyday scourge.

In these and many other cases of employee crime, our commercial investigators in Munich are your IHK-certified points of contact: +49 89 7007 4301.

Commercial Crime in Bavaria Continues to Rise

The number of cases of economic crime in Bavaria rose by 5.8 percent in 2014, and the trend is expected to continue upwards in the future. Almost every company relies on the loyalty of its employees – and usually rightly so. However, in recent years the number of employees who enrich themselves at the expense of their employer in various ways or obtain other unlawful advantages has increased. More than half of all economic offences are based on acts of fraud, some of which are committed by the company’s own employees. A large proportion of employees do not consider that, for example, a false sickness certificate to obtain a few days off constitutes a criminally punishable act of fraud.

Observing these employees and proving their criminal offences is part of the daily business of our investigators at Kurtz Investigations Munich. In cases of expense fraud by field staff, illegal customer poaching as a result of unauthorised self-employed activities and many other indications of offences to the detriment of employers, our experienced detectives observe the employee concerned and in this way provide court-admissible evidence. We are happy to advise you on this by telephone or by email: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-muenchen.de.

Property Offences Against Employers and Colleagues

In 2014 alone, economic crime in Bavaria caused damage amounting to 419 million euros, around 22 million euros more than in 2013. Alongside industrial espionage, embezzlement and fraud, theft to the detriment of the employer or colleagues is also among the offences frequently committed by employees. This includes the appropriation of office materials such as tablets or even larger equipment such as construction machinery, the theft of company property from storage rooms as well as dipping into the company till or a colleague’s wallet. Proof of the offence and the identification of the target person are provided by our commercial detectives from Munich, depending on the circumstances, through surveillance within or outside the affected company.

For internal investigations, the insertion (inclusion) of a detective as an alleged employee into the company presents itself as an optimal solution. Our commercial investigator observes the suspected employee during working hours, establishes collegial contact and possibly also spends time with them outside the company in order to gain their trust. If the suspicion is confirmed, you will receive the corresponding court-admissible evidence from Kurtz Commercial Investigation Munich in order, if necessary, to dismiss the delinquent employee without notice and assert your recourse claims.

Investigation Portfolio in the Area of Employee Surveillance

In the field of employee monitoring, Kurtz Commercial Investigation Munich offers, among other things, the following investigations:

• Surveillance in cases of suspected secondary or additional employment | illegal employment
• Employee screenings in cases of suspected feigned illness | continued remuneration fraud
• Investigations into sabotage
• Investigations into industrial espionage
• Investigations into theft and property damage
• Investigations into competition fraud
• Surveillance in cases of suspected billing fraud or expense fraud