Employee Misconduct Investigations in Boca Raton, FL
A bookkeeper writing checks to herself. A club employee running a side business with members' cars. A home health aide whose patient's jewelry keeps disappearing. We document it before you act.
Confidential. Your staff will not know we were there.
Fire Someone Without Proof and You Buy a Lawsuit
An owner who suspects an employee is stealing has two bad options: confront with nothing and watch the evidence disappear, or terminate on a hunch and get a wrongful termination or discrimination claim. Wasser Investigations has given Boca Raton employers a third option since 1985. We document the conduct, lawfully and quietly, so that when you act, HR and your employment attorney have a file behind the decision.
Travis Wasser handles the work himself. He knows Boca’s employers: the corporate offices along Yamato and Glades, the medical and dental practices, the country clubs and their hundreds of seasonal staff, the resorts on A1A, the assisted living facilities, and the families who employ household staff, caregivers, and estate managers. He also knows how to work around a small office or a club where everyone knows who belongs.
Owners, HR, Club Boards, Families, and Employment Counsel
You Suspect Something and Need to Know
Unexplained shortages, a controller who never takes vacation, a general manager who always handles a certain vendor personally, an employee on leave who is working somewhere else. We confirm it or rule it out.
Someone Inside the House Is Taking Advantage
A caregiver, housekeeper, or estate manager with access to an elderly parent’s home and finances. We document what is happening so you can act, and so the police or a probate attorney can act if it comes to that.
Evidence for Termination, Defense, and Recovery
Independent documentation that supports a termination decision, defends against a wrongful termination or retaliation claim, or backs a civil recovery, an insurance claim, or a criminal referral.
Misconduct We Document
Embezzlement and financial fraud
Bookkeepers, controllers, and office managers moving money through fake vendors, payroll, or expense accounts. Records analysis, surveillance, and coordination with your accountant and, when you choose, law enforcement.
Caregiver and household staff theft
Missing property, unauthorized transfers, new names on accounts, and a patient who is being isolated from family. We document the pattern and coordinate with your attorney under Florida’s elder exploitation statute.
Vendor kickbacks and procurement fraud
A club or facility manager steering contracts to a vendor in exchange for cash or favors. We trace the relationship and document the meetings.
FMLA and leave abuse
Surveillance of employees on FMLA, disability, or workers’ comp leave who are working another job or doing things their restrictions rule out.
Time and attendance fraud
Phantom hours, buddy punching, and staff who leave the post.
Moonlighting and competing businesses
Employees diverting members, patients, or customers to a side business, or working for a competitor while on your payroll.
Harassment and hostile-environment complaints
Independent witness interviews and fact-finding so the company’s response is defensible under Florida and federal law.
Post-termination violations
A former employee breaching a non-compete or non-solicitation agreement, or taking clients to a new practice across town.
Clubs and Small Offices Notice Everything
A country club’s staff knows every member’s car. A medical practice with eight employees knows every face in the parking lot. If word gets out that ownership hired an investigator, the subject cleans up, coworkers close ranks, and the organization has a morale problem stacked on the original one.
We work from outside the business wherever possible. Off-premises surveillance of the employee’s activity, records work, and interviews structured so the subject is not identified. When on-site work is required, we plan it with you and only the people who need to know.
The Investigation File
- Timestamped video and photographs of the documented conduct
- A written report with a dated timeline and sourced findings
- Witness statements from coworkers, vendors, or members where applicable
- Chain-of-custody records for all evidence
- Background on the subject, including undisclosed employment or business interests
- Investigator testimony for unemployment hearings, civil suits, insurance claims, or criminal prosecution
Questions From Employers and Families
Is it legal to have an employee followed?
Yes, in public places, without trespass, harassment, or audio recording. Off-duty surveillance of an employee on leave or suspected of moonlighting is lawful and routine.
Can you monitor an employee's personal phone or social media?
We capture what is public. We do not access private accounts, personal devices, or messages, and we advise against it. Public posts, with dates and URLs, are often enough.
I think my mother's caregiver is stealing from her. Where do you start?
Records first, to see what has moved and when, then background on the caregiver and documentation of the pattern. We coordinate with your attorney and, if you decide to report it, with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Will this hold up if the employee sues after termination?
That is the point of doing it this way. Documented, lawfully gathered evidence with a clean chain of custody is what defense counsel needs to answer a wrongful termination or retaliation claim.
How quickly can you start?
Within days. We schedule Boca work in blocks to make the drive from Coral Gables efficient.
Get the Facts Before You Make the Call
Tell us what you suspect. We will tell you what can be documented, how long it takes, and what it costs.
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