Signals that indicate internal theft – Part 2 – Atlanta Georgia

Signals that indicate possible employee theft or internal theft with goods or money

· Your exclusive products are being offered for sale at locations not on your client list and at strongly reduced prices.
· Regular clients complain about unfair competition.
· Personnel are sounded out about the receiving of gifts and are asked about exchange trade.
· Customers only want to be served by one particular salesperson and say they will come back later if that person is not available.
· Customers only want to be served by one particular salesperson and wait until that person is free if they are engaged with another client.
· Signals of meetings between drivers/transporters en route on parking places and back roads where goods can be transferred.
· Unknown transporters or representatives appear on the premises without appointment or a demonstrable reason to talk to staff.
· No, or inadequate, regulation of staff purchases.
· Seemingly returned goods credited and then put through as a staff purchase against reduced price. This ensures a correct balance of stock and cash.
· An unexplainable rise in staff purchases suggests trade or fraud with credit bookings.
· Making no use of staff purchases can indicate that a person has no interest in the goods but may indicate theft.
· Multiple uses of staff purchases, including using a colleague’s name, may indicate own trade and false competition.
· An unexplainable rise in stock differences in certain attractive product groups, either very desirable, dear or small, or a combination of these traits.

Many times several of these signals are seen in one employee. One item by itself may not be employee theft but a mistake. Look for one or more in a person. Remember, employee theft or internal theft should always cause you to have an employee theft investigation conducted . Do not bury your head in the sand, intern theft will not go away on its own. It WILL get worse. Many times employers are resistant to have an employee theft investigation preformed because it will “offend” good employees. What offends good employees is to see unchecked theft going on around them.

Watch for more parts to come in future blogs!

For more information about employee theft or internal theft contact us at employee theft investigation or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia