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UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS

The undercover agent is your eyes and ears to what is happening in your organization!! Employee theft is a $300 billion a year problem in the United States.

When management has concerns that an individual employee or a group of employees are behaving improperly but can not determine what they are doing, an undercover operative can frequently establish if there is justification for concern or not. Undercover operations are a critical tool used to resolve difficult situations where an insider’s view is needed.

APA provides trained undercover operatives that can assimilate themselves into the workplace to garner information concerning problems in the organization that include

Undercover personnel are available to pose as sales associates, stock clerks, housekeepers, cash office personnel, receivers and other positions. This individual will be a trained, experienced undercover agent who will interact with staff and management.

The Operative will note any observations of theft, employee malfeasance, drug use or sales, theft of time, rules and regulations violations, operational concerns, poor management, sexual abuse, etc. Conversations amongst employees that are significant to the investigation, such as an employee discussing past criminal behavior, are detailed in weekly reports.

Operatives collect important evidence of policy violations by engaging in the purchase of stolen company property, trade secrets, or narcotics. When needed, an undercover investigation will involve assistance from law enforcement. APA will liaison with law enforcement for the client in these situations.

Our operatives are supervised closely by management to insure that the clients’ problems are being addressed and intelligence is gathered. Weekly reports are submitted to the client to keep them informed of the progress and to partner with them in determining the course of action that should be taken.

Utilizing ethical, thorough investigative technique, APA’s undercover operatives can help you get the answers to your questions!

Statistics

Retailers attributed 48% of their inventory shrinkage to employee theft. This is the highest figure yet observed in the ten year history of the National Retail Security Survey
--2002 University of Florida National Retail Security Survey

15 billion dollars of inventory shrinkage is due to employee theft each year. There is no other form of larceny that annually costs American citizens more money than employee theft.
--2002 University of Florida National Retail Security Survey

Substance abusers are 10 times more likely to steal from the company or from other employees.
-- U.S. Department of Labor

Drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace cause 65% of on-the-job accidents.
-- Department of Labor

Drug-using employees are five times more likely to file a workers’ compensation claim.
-- National Institute on Drug Abuse

Substance abusers use three times the normal level of employee health benefits and incur 300% higher medical costs.
U.S. Department of Labor

Substance abusers use three times the normal level of employee health benefits and incur 300% higher medical costs.
-- U.S. Department of Labor