Business Investigations
Types of Investigations
Each year throughout the United States, businesses lose billions of dollars to fraud, theft, corruption, and dishonest individuals. As business owners, we understand the importance of safeguarding your enterprise’s financials and reputation. Therefore, we offer businesses various investigative services to play a critical role in protecting your company’s interests.
Types of Business Investigations:
- Fraud
- Business fraud investigations uncover and address fraudulent activities within a company. They aim to identify the individuals or entities involved in dishonest behavior, gather evidence to support legal actions, and assist in preventing future occurrences.
- Theft
- Business theft investigations are crucial in protecting a business’s financial and operational integrity. These investigations assist organizations with solving theft cases, assisting with asset recovery, gathering evidence for legal actions, and uncovering employee misconduct.
- Sexual Harassment/ Employee Misconduct
- These investigations are conducted to address allegations of sexual harassment, misconduct, or violations of company policies by employees. They are important for maintaining a positive and safe work environment while upholding ethical standards.
- Background Checks
- Background investigations can serve many purposes for a business and/or business owner/employer. They ensure the safety and security of individuals and companies by verifying credentials, character, employment, and criminal history.
- Surveillance
- Surveillance investigations assist businesses with security, loss prevention, monitoring operations, and liability. Business surveillance can obtain hard evidence of employee misconduct, safety hazards, or theft.
- Financial
- Financial investigations examine financial records and transactions to uncover fraud, embezzlement, theft, or other financial irregularities.
- Due Diligence
- These investigations are performed before entering into business partnerships, mergers, or acquisitions. A due diligence investigation assesses the other party’s financial, legal, and operational status. They are essential for minimizing risks and making informed business decisions.
Fraud Investigations
Due to their financial nature, businesses and insurance companies are the entities most plagued with fraud. Business fraud investigations uncover and address fraudulent activities within a business. They aim to identify the individuals or entities involved in dishonest behavior, gather evidence to support legal actions, and assist in preventing future occurrences. Business and insurance fraud can take many forms and, when caught, can cause considerable damage to businesses and insurance agencies.
Below is a list of various types of business and insurance fraud:
- Corporate Slip and Fall
- Employee Expense Fraud
- Worker’s Compensation
- Corporate Fraud
- Property Damage Fraud
- Mechanic Fraud
- Churning
- Life or Health Insurance Fraud
At Black Light Investigations, we understand the damages fraud can cause businesses, insurance agencies, and individuals. Therefore, we strive to provide competent, ethical, and legal investigative services to yield court-admissible evidence.
Theft Investigations
When it comes to business theft investigations, it’s essential to act swiftly and methodically to minimize the impact and gather evidence for potential legal action. Employees, subcontractors, customers, and even management can commit business theft, stealing:
- Money / Funds
- Assets / Business Electronics
- Intellectual Property
- Items/Inventory
- Confidential Business Information
- Customer Information
These investigations are crucial in protecting a business’s financial and operational integrity. They assist organizations with solving theft cases, assisting with asset recovery, gathering evidence for legal actions, and uncovering employee misconduct. Hiring a professional investigator for the case can provide expertise and a dedicated focus.
Background Checks
Background checks are an excellent way for businesses, landlords, employers, and others to avoid unscrupulous people. They can also assist businesses with company mergers or buyouts, ensuring owners or stakeholders withhold no financial detriments. They also ensure the safety and security of individuals and companies by verifying credentials, character, employment, and criminal history.
Business background checks can include information such as:
- Criminal Records
- Business Assets
- Employment & Education Verification
- License Verifications
- Sex Offender Lists
- Reference Checks
- Financial Information
- Motor Vehicle Information
- Bankrupcies
- And More
Background checks can vary in depth and information. They can be customized to provide you with the specific information you seek. Typically, these checks go beyond a quick database search and may sometimes require additional investigative services such as surveillance and asset searches to provide the information you require.
Surveillance
Business surveillance investigations assist companies with security, loss prevention, monitoring operations, and liability. Surveillance can obtain hard evidence of employee misconduct, safety hazards, or theft.
At Black Light Investigations can conduct various types of surveillance to better suit your needs. The plethora of information that can be obtained from surveillance may include but is not limited to:
- Video & Photographic Evidence
- Social Media Evidence
- Counter Intelligence
- Timeline of an Individual’s Activities
- Proof of Drug Use
- Location of Places Visited
- Proof of Abuse
- Employee Fraud
- Infidelity
- Poor Parenting or Neglect
- Theft
- Criminal Activity
- And More
When conducted legally and ethically, evidence gathered from surveillance is admissible in court, which could potentially make or break your case.
Process Serving & Mobile Notary
Black Light Investigations also provides process serving and mobile notary services.
Many types of legal documents must be served to the defendant/opposing party before further legal processes can take place. Therefore, we understand the importance of serving all of your legal documentation within your required deadlines. We also provide signed proofs of service for your convenience and filing needs.
In many cases, it is also common to require a notary’s service to authenticate a person’s signature, administer oaths, or witness acknowledgments. Therefore, we offer a mobile notary service to meet with you at your convenience. Book an appointment with us, and we will meet with you at your residence or business.