Signals that indicate internal theft – Part 8 – Atlanta Georgia

Signals that indicate employee theft or internal theft of goods or money

• Purchase orders, usually with round figures, which in contrast to the majority of the purchases are normally odd numbers.
• Over the counter sales often, against the rules, made against cash receipts so that because of the lack of a customer’s name or specification, cannot be properly checked.
• The sale of surplus company goods, damaged product, old metal, pallets and rejects by one employee without any records kept.
• Income from repairs kept out of the books because of the relationship with the client or for ease: “Just give me  …..”
• Exchanged articles insufficiently administered and possibly used for the system ‘two old ones make one new one’. The income is divided between the employees concerned.
• Self-loading by clients or external drivers without checking.
• Unauthorized deliveries by company or external drivers.
• Unwarranted high cash balances.
• Lack of daily balance of till or safe.

Keep in mind that these signals of internal theft may be present in one or more employees. Employees may be stealing in collusion with each other or on their own. We have investigated companies where many employees were stealing and each had their own little kingdom. They knew others were stealing but they stayed out of each others business of employee theft .

Employee theft is a situation that every business is susceptible to.
Watch for more parts to come in future blogs!

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