False Expense Claims | Accounting Fraud Düsseldorf

In the event of a conviction resulting from false expense reports, the court assumes—by definition—intentional deception and intent to enrich oneself. Expense reports include mileage records, hospitality receipts, hotel invoices, and more. The employer is compelled by the employee to reimburse costs for which the employee would not actually be entitled. If there are corresponding indications of suspicion, action must be taken quickly in order to limit the extent of any damage. The experienced surveillance specialists of the Aaden Commercial Detective Agency Düsseldorf are ready to assist you with advice and action: +49 211 9874 011-0.

Observation of Suspicious Employees by Our Detectives from Düsseldorf

The term “billing fraud” is commonly used in medical professions, for example with physicians, pharmacists, and care services. In these cases, services are billed that were not provided at all, or only partially, by the respective practices. In the free market economy, this term is used when employees bill more working time than they actually needed to perform their work. Through surveillance, the investigators of the Aaden Detective Agency Düsseldorf can examine your suspicion of billing fraud. This behavior is particularly common among freelance and external employees, since—unlike in-house employees—they work far away from any control by department heads, foremen, or company owners. This makes it easy for them to document more working hours or travel time than they actually performed.

At first, such fraudulent billing usually goes unnoticed, as the employee changes their activity records only slightly. Only after some time, when the fraud has still not been detected, does the person become bolder and therefore arouse suspicion, because their billing differs from their previous submissions and from those of any colleagues. Proving this fraud in a court-admissible manner is part of the everyday assignments of our detectives in Düsseldorf in the field of employee monitoring.

Summary Dismissal Due to Serious Breach of Trust

In theory, a warning comes before dismissal. However, billing fraud and expense fraud constitute such a serious breach of trust that the employer may skip the warning process and dismiss the employee immediately. The amount of the damage is not decisive; rather, it is the loss of trust that accompanies the financial harm. Continued cooperation is usually unthinkable in light of this loss of trust.