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Below you will find a case example from our detective agency in Ingolstadt in the field of employee screening. However, we are also happy to operate in numerous other investigative areas; these include, among others:

 

• General investigations such as address research, missing person searches, vehicle recoveries or keeper enquiries
• Private investigations such as surveillance in cases of suspected infidelity, maintenance fraud or violations of custody rights
• Commercial investigations such as the clarification of theft, embezzlement, fraud, espionage or prohibited secondary employment

 

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Case Example from Ingolstadt: Feigned Illness for Renovation Work

An employee of a larger company in Ingolstadt, Mr Gerzen, who resides in a suburban area, had repeatedly attracted attention in recent months due to sick notes issued by different doctors from a wide range of medical specialisations. As his privately owned home, which was still dilapidated at the beginning of the year, nevertheless made astonishing construction progress despite these alleged illnesses, and Mr Gerzen also repeatedly claimed among colleagues that he was carrying out all work himself, that is without involving construction or renovation companies, the human resources department wondered how he was managing this in view of his supposedly so restricted state of health. In order to clarify this open question in conjunction with the suspicion of continued remuneration or sick leave fraud, the company commissioned our detective agency in Ingolstadt to review the permanently absent employee.

Complex Surveillance Environment for Ingolstadt Detectives

Our clients were so certain of their suspicion that they did not set the start of surveillance at Mr Gerzen’s flat, but directly at his still unoccupied privately owned home. In order to safeguard the success of the investigation, our detectives in Ingolstadt carried out a preliminary reconnaissance at the target property. At the beginning of the year, this had apparently still been more or less a barn with surrounding land; by now, however, a residential building with a façade still in need of renovation but new windows, a smart new front door and a freshly tiled roof could be admired. The condition of the living areas could not be assessed from outside, as all windows were closed with makeshift shutters. The property appeared untidy and was obviously being used for construction purposes, as in addition to a large amount of bulky waste (furniture, a rusted washing machine and other items), various pieces of equipment were stored there, for example a concrete mixer.

 

As this was a narrow street with detached houses and farmsteads in a neighbourhood where certainly everyone knows everyone, the positioning options for our private detectives for Ingolstadt were very limited. From the outset, there was concern that the parked surveillance vehicles might attract negative attention from residents. At least, due to the vehicle types, it was not possible to look into the interiors from outside, meaning that curious onlookers could not detect the presence of persons in the operational vehicles.

Laying Flooring During “Sick Leave”

At the start of the first day of surveillance, the morning following the preliminary reconnaissance described above, the privately owned home still appeared unoccupied. Neither on the property nor in the immediate surroundings could one of the two known vehicles of the target person of our commercial investigation in Ingolstadt be identified. However, shortly before midday, one of these two cars turned the corner and parked in front of the house. Mr Gerzen got out, took two toolboxes from the boot, rummaged briefly through the bulky waste without taking anything out or putting anything down, and then entered the house. Due to the neighbourhood, which had to be classified as sensitive, the investigators were subsequently unable to leave their operational vehicles inconspicuously in order to approach the property within hearing distance and thus determine whether construction noises were audible. At least Mr Gerzen appeared briefly on the street in the meantime, as he pulled two apparently emptied refuse bins back onto his property – and he was wearing work clothing. Shortly afterwards, the second target vehicle also arrived. An unknown woman got out and entered the target building – presumably Mr Gerzen’s wife.

 

With the onset of darkness, our Ingolstadt commercial detectives were now able to carry out inspection rounds reasonably inconspicuously; no noises indicating renovation work could be detected. However, one of the rather makeshift wooden shutters had slipped at one of the windows, making it possible to look from the street into a room illuminated by construction floodlights. Apparently, the target person was laying wooden floorboards, as approximately three quarters of the visible area of the floor was covered with boards, while there was a gap in the remaining part. This assumption was confirmed when Mr Gerzen immediately after this observation went to the gap with a wooden board in his arms and placed the board there. The timing of the inspection round by our Ingolstadt detective turned out to be a real stroke of luck, because only a few minutes later all visible lights in the house were switched off and the vehicle of the presumed wife drove away, without it being possible to see who was inside in the darkness. In consultation with the commissioning company, the investigators shortly thereafter ceased their work for the day.

Purchase of Materials and Further Work

As the legal usability of evidence and indications, particularly in employment law cases, is often decisively measured by the factor of regularity, our Ingolstadt client commissioned a further day of surveillance, starting the next morning at 07:00. Although the target person of our detective team for Ingolstadt had only appeared at the privately owned home at midday the previous day, both target vehicles were already parked on the property at the start of surveillance today – had the employee on sick leave perhaps spent the night at the renovation property? Shortly before 09:00, Mr Gerzen, once again in work clothing, drove to a nearby DIY store, purchased various building materials and a few consumable items there, then collected bread rolls from the baker and returned to the renovation property. At midday, the target person, now wearing heavily soiled work clothing, and the presumed wife left the house together. They said goodbye with a kiss and drove off simultaneously in separate vehicles. At an intersection, the woman headed in the direction of the target person’s rented flat, while Mr Gerzen once again drove to the DIY store and purchased further materials, primarily gardening equipment such as a leaf rake and a manure fork. Back at the privately owned home, the target person provided our detectives for Ingolstadt with excellent photo opportunities while carrying out tidying work in the clearly visible outer area of the property, which was presumably to become the garden one day. This included rearranging the bulky waste, some of which involved visibly heavy lifting, and moving various pieces of equipment into a dilapidated shed.

 

The only problem for the investigators was that the parking situation had significantly worsened since the target person’s last outing, making it even more difficult to find surveillance positions that would not annoy any of the neighbours. Consequently, it happened that a resident pinned an angry note under the windscreen wipers of one of the two operational vehicles without noticing the presence of the driver. As a precaution, the observers of our detective agency in Ingolstadt subsequently positioned themselves in a wider radius without direct visual contact with the target property and bridged the lack of direct observation through regular inspection rounds and drives. The target person disappeared back into the house in the afternoon. During one of the inspection rounds, clearly audible sawing noises could be heard coming from the property. In the early evening, Mr Gerzen finally drove to his rented flat.

Legal Assessment: Sufficient Evidence for Summary Dismissal

As mentioned above, regularity in proving many offences, particularly in the area of employee crime, is decisive for most courts when assessing a legal violation. For this reason, our private detective agency for Ingolstadt recommended securing the previous results with a third day of surveillance. Certainly taking detective costs into account, the company’s legal department nevertheless considered the observations described to be sufficient to issue the malingerer with summary dismissal. Thus, this case of sick leave fraud ended after just two days of surveillance to the satisfaction of the clients. Incidentally, feigned incapacity for work for the purpose of carrying out private construction work is by no means a rarity in the “case book” of our detective agency.

Notice

To protect discretion as well as the personal rights of clients and target persons, all names and locations in this case report have been altered beyond recognition.

Examples of Locations Where Our Detectives Operate in the Ingolstadt Region:

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• Detective Agency for Altmannstein (Eichstätt District)
• Detective Agency for Beilngries (Eichstätt District)
• Detective Agency for Eichstätt (Eichstätt District)
• Detective Agency for Gaimersheim (Eichstätt District)
• Detective Agency for Geisenfeld (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm District)
• Detective Agency for Karlshuld (Neuburg-Schrobenhausen District)
• Detective Agency for Kösching (Eichstätt District)
• Detective Agency for Manching (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm District)
• Detective Agency for Neuburg an der Donau (Neuburg-Schrobenhausen District)
• Detective Agency for Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm District)
• Detective Agency for Reichertshofen (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm District)
• Detective Agency for Schrobenhausen (Neuburg-Schrobenhausen District)
• Detective Agency for Vohburg an der Donau (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm District)
• Detective Agency for Wolnzach (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm District)
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