Chapter 12

Internal Investigations and Controls

Abstract

If you are an investigator working for a corporation, security firm, retail organization, insurance company, or private client, you will likely find yourself conducting interviews for the purpose of securing a confession to a criminal offense. Our role often starts with preliminary research, moves into investigation, and finally leads into the interview for the purpose of obtaining a statement or confession. You will need to exercise patience in conducting internal investigation cases; however, it has been my experience that once an employee is successfully (in other words, not being caught) stealing or committing fraud, they continue to do so. The manner in which they commit the crime may ...

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