Internal Theft Solved by Baiting

When we talk about baiting as it relates to employee theft or an employee theft investigation, we are not talking about catching fish that live in the streams or oceans. However, bait different from a live worm or a fly can be used when trying to uncover internal theft and trying to hook the responsible party.

Years ago my husband was hired by a local business after guests had reported that they were missing cash and jewelry from their rooms. And he knew just what to do. Instead of accompanying him on a fishing trip on a rocky boat, I was able to spend time with him at a beautiful hotel while he was fishing for the culprit who was responsible for the internal theft.

After having checked in, he installed a concealed camera in the room, we changed into beach wear and he asked me to count out $150 in various denominations after he had turned on the camera. We then put the money into my wallet which we hid in one of the drawers of the dresser. Then we left for the pool.

After a few hours in the sun, we returned back to the room. It was all clean and properly made up. My husband had not yet turned off the camera and he asked me to open my wallet and count out the money in front of the camera.

I was almost giddy when I counted the money; although I had experience with counting money acquired when being a bank teller, I had to count the dollar bills multiple times. Sure enough, a $20 bill was missing. A regular hotel guest may have never noticed that the money was missing.

My husband had turned into full camera, rewound it and watched the tape to find the culprit responsible for the employee theft.

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