Isn’t More Better? – Employee Theft

There is a saying that less is more. While that applies to many situations, especially when you are talking about how much money an employee stole from you; it is not always the most accurate for an employee theft cash case.

When you are conducting an employee theft investigation, we generally start with the obvious. If there is money missing from a till, then we have internal theft. So we research the discrepancies – the cash shortages.

Any cash overages that we come across, we first look to see if they offset a cash shortage. If it does, then we stop looking at that loss. It is the logical thing to do.

Why would someone logically look at a cash overage and assume there is theft. When you steal money there is a loss, not extra money- right?

Wrong. Here is one way that many employees get away with their own “perfect crime”.

If I am a trying to steal money from a register, and I want to be smart about it, I will know that I can not simply take money from a till. Someone will notice, and it will only be a matter of time before I am caught.

So what if I find a way to inflate the till and take the extra cash.  This is simple enough if I do a refund without an actual customer. So if I refund an item and the total comes to $12.84, I can easily pocket a ten and no one will be the wiser. In fact when the drawer balances, there will be an additional $2.84.

Track your overages and you may discover that you have an employee theft case, just not in the way you would imagine.

For more information on employee theft, employee theft investigation or internal theft contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

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