Detection of Time Fraud by Detectives

Seventeen percent of total crime in the Hanseatic city of Bremen is attributed to fraud — a significant portion affecting local businesses, especially through dishonest employees. There are bad apples in every sector: alongside the widespread “sick leave holidays,” time fraud is a major focus of employer-targeted deception, as our investigators know from experience. Benefit from the expertise of our detectives in Bremen to obtain court-admissible proof against fraudulent employees: +49 421 3679 9066.

Field Staff Find It Easy to Commit Time Fraud

Our Bremen detective agency repeatedly encounters employees who claim more hours than they actually work. Especially in field roles — whether as construction workers, insurance agents, or customer service representatives — staff often work independently and can easily falsify timesheets. The circumstances make it easy for offenders, but our corporate detectives in Bremen can usually secure court-admissible proof through relatively simple surveillance, as field staff who repeatedly falsify hours tend to become careless. For them, the fraud becomes part of their work routine.

Alleged Overtime, Work Refusal — Time Fraud in the Office

Time fraud also occurs in office roles, for example when employees claim overtime. They may stay later than colleagues, supposedly to catch up on files, but in reality spend most of that time unobserved and shamelessly record multiple overtime hours. This is particularly easy when staff work in private offices. During normal hours, personal tasks can be performed unseen: booking trips, making private calls, chatting in forums, writing personal emails, or even taking a nap. No one notices these private activities, and later the employee stays longer to complete their actual work — claiming it as overtime.

Addressing these office-based offenders is more difficult than field staff, as normal surveillance within the company would be conspicuous. In such cases, embedding an investigator in the company is an option: a detective is hired as an employee and works alongside the staff, unobtrusively establishing contact and earning trust. Depending on the situation, this approach can be time- and cost-intensive, so a cost-benefit analysis is recommended. The investigators of Kurtz Corporate Detective Agency Bremen will advise you in detail and without obligation on case-specific procedures: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bremen.de.