Learn how employee and workplace theft and fraud cause businesses to lose millions of dollars each year.

1. EMPLOYEE THEFT
and
Workplace Investigations

2. Everyyear,businessesarelosingmillionsof
dollarstotheft. Unfortunately,oneofthebiggest
causescomesfromEMPLOYEETHEFT.

3. BILLION
dollarsstolenfrom
U.S.businessesby
employeeseveryyear
50 43 ofinventory
shrinkageis
dueto
employeetheft%
33 ofallbusiness
bankruptcies
arecausedby
employeetheft% Source:
http://www.statisticbrain.com/
employee-theft-statistics/

4. Employeetheftandworkplacefraudaren’t
limitedtostealingphysicalpropertyfroman
employeror“cookingthebooks.”

5. Anemployeeinitiates
purchaseordersforgoods
orservicesthatarethen
divertedforpersonaluse.
Sometimes employees set up fake
vendor accounts and create fraudulent
invoices that result in payments made
to the employee.
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6. PROCUREMENTFRAUD
Procurement fraud occurs when an
employee conspires with a vendor or
sales rep to inflate sales in an effort to
earn higher bonuses or commissions.
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7. CORPORATETHEFT
If an employee exploits company
assets or steals corporate data and
uses it for personal gain – or
provides it to a third party for their
benefit – that’s corporate theft.
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8. Corporatecreditcards
usedbyemployeesfor
personalpurchases.
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9. PAYROLLFRAUD
Payroll fraud occurs when fake,
deceased or terminated employees are
still on the payroll system and someone
is collecting and cashing the checks.
False or excessive overtime payments
is another typical form of payroll fraud.
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10. Areyoususpectingthatoneor
moreofyouremployeesare
engagedinsuchactivities?
Doyoususpectthatoneormoreof
youremployeesareengagedin
suchactivities?

11. Don’tattempttoconductyourowninvestigation.
There are established guidelines and procedures that must be followed
if your company is to undertake an employee theft investigation.

12. BALDWIN LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS
can help you by performing a forensic accounting
investigation. Our private investigators, fraud
examiners and other experts will help you document
facts and collect evidence in a way that is both
effective and legal.

13. Theft of a company’s physical
property can be easy to quantify,
but data breaches and/or theft
of intellectual property can be
more difficult to put a value on.
COMPUTERFORENSIC
INVESTIGATIONS&
LITIGATIONSUPPORT
BLI can help quantify the damage
your business may have suffered as
a result of workplace crime.

14. ContactBaldwinLegalInvestigations
www.baldwinlegalinvestigations.com
Baldwin Legal Investigations
Max A. Hansen III
Post Office Box 3196
Daphne, AL 36526
251.625.0766 Daphne office
205.581.1084 Birmingham office
251.625.0716 fax