The Delivery Scheme- Employee Theft Investigation

It is not uncommon for an employee who is in charge of receiving merchandise deliveries to be approached by the vendor to steal product. Employee theft investigations revolving around an employee and a vendor are becoming increasingly common.

A common scheme is for the vendor to work with an employee. When the vendor show up with a merchandise delivery, the employee does not verify that all of the merchandise comes off the truck and enters the store.  That creates an overage on this vendor’s delivery truck, and leaves you with an inventory shortage.

Either way, the employee theft has occurred and it is hard to trace since the invoices have been signed off as a full receipt of product.

There are a few ways to combat this kind of internal theft. The first is to conduct random audits of shipments. That means as the vendor is dropping off the merchandise you actually go back and count. Chances are if they were going to short the shipment, they will bring all of the merchandise inside. After a few random audits, it will be too risky for the vendor to try and short your store.

Another way is to set up a regulation with the shipping company that limits the amount of time a vendor has to unload their truck and leave. This helps eliminate the time the vendor has with your employees developing relationships that might allow the confidence to commit employee theft together.

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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