Employee Misconduct Investigations in Brickell, FL
A bookkeeper whose lifestyle does not match the salary. A trader who left with the client list. A bartender skimming the register. A building engineer on FMLA who is working across the street. 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 Brickell 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 Brickell’s employers: the banks and investment firms on Brickell Avenue, the family offices, the law firms, the hotels and restaurants at Brickell City Centre and Mary Brickell Village, and the condo associations that employ hundreds of people across the towers. He also knows how to work around a small office where everyone knows who belongs.
Owners, HR, Boards, and Employment Counsel
You Suspect Something and Need to Know
Unexplained shortages, a controller who never takes vacation, a property manager who always handles a certain vendor personally, an employee on leave who is working somewhere else. We confirm it or rule it out.
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.
Data and client theft
An employee copying the book of business, the deal pipeline, or proprietary models before leaving for a competitor down the avenue. We document the departure, the new employer, and the solicitation.
Condo association fraud
Property managers and board members steering contracts, taking kickbacks, or misusing reserves. We trace the vendor relationships 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, remote employees who are not where they say they are, and building staff who leave the post.
Substance abuse on the job
Documented use or impairment during work hours, particularly for valets, drivers, and anyone in a safety role.
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 firm two blocks away.
Small Offices Notice Everything
A twelve-person investment firm knows every face that gets off the elevator. A restaurant crew knows every regular. If word gets out that ownership hired an investigator, the subject cleans up, coworkers close ranks, and the company 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 clients 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
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 employers against it. Public posts, with dates and URLs, are often enough.
We think our controller is stealing. Where do you start?
Records first, to narrow the window and the method, then surveillance and background on the subject and any vendors that look wrong. We coordinate with your accountant and, if you decide to prosecute, with law enforcement.
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. Our office is on Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables, fifteen minutes from Brickell.
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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