By Patricia A Kotze “Slip & fall, make the call and someone will pay the bills!” So goes the thinking of the majority of employees making fraudulent workers’ compensation claims. Fraudulent claims are on the rise in California and we know who will be picking up the tab…Yes, that’s right, their employer! Investigating potentially fraudulent…
By George Ramos You need to hire capable, honest and loyal employees; hiring the best Consumer Reporting Agency (“CRA”) to perform your pre-employment background investigations ensures the best results. A Consumer Report (background investigative report) is furnished by a CRA to an employer for the purpose of assessing a candidate for employment, promotion, reassignment or…
By Lee Schwartz Does your company sell widgets of some sort? From apparel to electronics to tools, if your business physically handles and stores tangible product, then the concept of inventory accuracy is a very familiar refrain. Profitability, customer retention, operational productivity all hinge on reliable inventory numbers. Whether an organization employs a computer system…
By Frank Faulk IV, CPP Manager of Technical Services at Diversified Risk Management, Inc. Sometimes it seems uncanny that people have knowledge of information only shared in a private conversation, or in an email or specific data recently presented in a closed meeting. It’s especially daunting when the private communication was with those you trust…
By Jon Markman Hewlett-Packard (HPQ, news, msgs) employees have suffered through one set of bonehead executives after another in recent years and yet have accomplished a stellar and historic turnaround. Now H-P's revival faces yet another challenge: a high-profile grilling of its executives in Washington, as Congress looks into a harebrained attempt by former Chairman Patricia…
By Kent Perkins With how many vendors is your company doing business? Is it ten, twenty, or two-hundred? If you haven‘t already established a Vendor Certification Program, it‘s time you did! Since we began investigating corporate theft and embezzlement more than forty years ago, one of the most prolific and lucrative methods we‘ve found criminal…
We Urge Your Company to Take Proactive Measures by Patricia Kotze California has the highest rate of cargo theft in the nation with a frightening increase in armed robberies, warehouse theft, and truck hijackings occurring throughout the state. According to Diversified Risk Management, Inc. (DRM, Inc.), a Southern California workplace investigation firm, many of these…
A Growing, Multi-Billion-Dollar Problem Cargo theft from a railroad yard near Los Angeles Cargo theft may not be in the news, but it poses a real and rising threat to our country’s economy and national security. During the past five years, the groups involved in this crime have become better organized and more violent, and…
by Kent Perkins, P.I. Uniformed guards posted on the receiving and shipping docks of many companies provide security for assets and personnel. That’’s a good thing, because cargo theft costs American companies about $30 billion a year, according to Agent Kevin L. Perkins, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Investigation Division, when speaking recently…
By Rory Montez Compliance Training Group knows that California employers with fifty or more employees are required to provide two hours of Sexual Harassment Awareness Training to all supervisors, every two years, per California Assembly Bill 1825. But what are the best ways to facilitate this type of training? Do employers really comprehend the specific requirements…
By Rory Montez You may be among the many attorneys who call upon us for a variety of litigation support reasons including computer forensics, location and interviews of witnesses, background checks, uncovering hidden assets, etc. We often work under very tight schedules and wouldn’t think of taking your valuable time to promote all of the…
By Cookie Lewis, M.S.L.S. Information derived from research can be a key factor in the success or failure of your business, whether you’re involved in a trial or legal matter, hiring people, conducting competitor intelligence, or performing due diligence for a merger, acquisition or business transaction. With mega-data available for free on the Internet, some…
