Expense Report Fraud

Especially among field staff, a healthy degree of scepticism is advisable, as the temptation to falsify working hours or expense claims is far greater than for office-based employees. If you suspect one of your field employees of submitting inaccurate claims, or even failing to perform their duties fully, the expert economic investigators of Kurtz Detective Agency Rostock and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can assist: +49 381 3739 0080.

Lack of Oversight in Field Work Facilitates Misuse

Typically, employers extend a measure of trust to their field staff, hoping they prove loyal and reliable – and in most cases, that trust is justified. Unfortunately, there are “bad apples” in the field who exploit the lack of supervision that exists in office roles to their advantage. Due to this absence of control, irregularities in expense reports may go unnoticed for months.

 

How can you personally prove employee fraud? The short, sobering answer: usually not. Daily observation is impractical, your presence would likely be noticed, prompting the employee to temporarily stop the misconduct, and your involvement compromises objectivity – a labour court might question the credibility of evidence you personally collected. Our professional economic investigators from Rostock can take over discreetly, performing surveillance, producing court-admissible investigative reports, and serving as neutral witnesses if required: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-rostock.de.

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Suspecting inaccuracies in numerous expense reports? The detectives at Kurtz Detective Agency Rostock and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern examine your field staff thoroughly.

Claiming Personal Expenses | Reasons to Engage Our Rostock Investigators

Disloyal field staff often display both creativity and blatant disregard for ethics in expense reporting. Personal mail may be charged to the company, private family visits logged as client meetings, or a private car’s oil change billed to the company vehicle. Depending on the size of your business and the extent of misuse, losses may accumulate to the point of endangering the company’s finances – the engagement of our Rostock investigators has, for some firms, been the last lifeline before insolvency. In some cases, employees not only misappropriate the expense account but also spend working hours on private activities, compounding the fraud.

 

Our qualified detectives in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have the time, objectivity, and expertise to conduct thorough, court-admissible surveillance. For a free consultation, call +49 381 3739 0080 or email kontakt@kurtz-detektei-rostock.de.