Employee Embezzlement Investigation

We find the theft fast, before the statute or the money disappears.

Staff You Trusted … Trusted Themselves More

Ghost checks. Skimmed cash drawers. Fake vendors. Every embezzler leaves receipts, but only a forensic accountant knows where to look.

Exactly What We Examine

Cash & Deposit Anomalies
Payroll Ghosting & Fake Employees
Purchasing Kickbacks with Phantom Vendors
Inventory Adjustments after Hours
Credit-Card Abuse & Out-of-Policy Expenses
Hidden Bank Accounts & Dummy Entities

Methodology Timeline

Red-flag Rapid Scan

We run rapid analytics on cash, deposits and journal entries to spot the first smoke; duplicate vendors, ghost employees, or unexplained inventory variance.

Document & Record Extraction

Clients upload or email scans of bank statements, accounting records, and vendor invoices. We reconcile every line item against bank records, credit-card statements, and payroll entries to capture a complete paper trail, no hardware imaging required.

Trace & Dollar Reconstruction

Follow the money from company accounts to concealed cash cards, personal Venmo or offshore wires, and reconstruct the exact embezzled amount.

Report & Testimony

Receive an executive memo plus fully-source-linked PDF; stand behind a forensic CPA who is deposition-ready and has never been Daubert-challenged.

Results Delivered for Clients

HOA Dues Theft

Management company was stealing homeowner’s dues from absent homeowners. Management company transferred funds directly from HOA bank account into their account. HOA collected on insurance policy due to fraud, management company was referred to the State for prosecution.

Employee Embezzlement

Longtime employee was stealing customer payments on AR. Forensic tracing of timestamped reports and customer receipts clearly showed how employee was working the scheme. Employee took plea deal with DA.

Industry-Sourced Insight: ACFE Fraud Statistics

According to the “Occupational Fraud 2024: A Report to the Nations”

Organizations lose 5% of revenue to fraud each year
Median loss per case is $145,000
Typical fraud case lasts 12 months before detection
The longer a fraudster has worked for an organization, the more costly their fraud
More than half of occupational frauds occur due to lack of internal controls

With losses this huge nationwide, every missing dollar hurts, see how defensible evidence flips the odds and protects what’s yours.

What constitutes employee embezzlement and common signs?

Embezzlement is the theft of company funds/assets by insiders, such as falsified expense reports, voided sales pocketing, or payroll manipulation. Red flags include lifestyle changes, control weaknesses, or unusual vendor payments.

How do forensic accountants investigate employee embezzlement?

We deploy data analytics (e.g., anomaly detection, transaction tracing), employee interviews, surveillance coordination, and digital forensics on systems. Evidence is gathered for criminal/civil action with chain-of-custody protocols.

What are the next steps after confirming employee embezzlement?

We quantify losses, prepare reports for law enforcement/insurers, pursue recovery via restitution or suits, and implement preventive controls like enhanced approvals and monitoring software.

What documents should I gather before the free call?

Pull the last two years of bank statements, general ledger exports, check registers, payroll reports, vendor invoices, and any suspicious emails. Digital copies are fine, just keep the originals unaltered.

Is the investigation billed hourly or flat-rate?

We work exclusively at a transparent $250 per hour.

Can the examination proceed if the suspected party refuses to cooperate?

Yes. We use subpoena-ready asset-tracing techniques, third-party bank records, and other forensics techniques that do not rely on the subject’s consent.