An out of town Merchant who had two locations in Houston had suspicions that his area manager was stealing money from daily deposits involving cash. The Client had performed an audit which identified over $40,000 in missing cash. Investigators conducted interviews with a number of employees who gave credence to the Merchant’s theory, providing information […]
Our firm was contacted by a doctor in Illinois who had developed a relationship with a female through Social media. The female had provided him photographs of a residence and of herself, and eventually talked him into an investment program for crypto currency. Our client stated that this investment process had been somewhat successful but […]
Our client was interested in investing with a company whose website indicated that the Chief Financial Officer had a PHD and was a Certified Financial Analyst. The client requested that Investigators determine if the information posted in the website was accurate, before she invested her money. Investigators conducted a detailed investigation and learned that the […]
Attorney Jack B. Carroll represented a business man in Florida who had wired $420,000 to an individual in Houston to purchase 20 new Toyota trucks that were going to be sold to an oil company in South America. After Jack’s client sent the money he was given paperwork indicating that the trucks had been ordered […]
Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Jack B. Carroll represented the former manager of a cell phone company who operated a kiosk at the Willowbrook Mall. During the course of the manager’s tenure, a number of phones were ordered utilizing customer information that were eventually shipped to 5 different locations in Houston. The cell phone company reported […]
Payroll Clerk – Busted An international engineering firm hired Gradoni & Associates to investigate a number of irregularities identified with vacation pay on a number of employees. It appeared that a number of vacation checks had been made payable to a payroll clerk who cashed the checks, using her own name and driver’s license, although […]
Houston, TX based Attorney Jeffery “Jeff” Greco represented a defendant who supervised construction crews in the Valley. The State alleged that the defendant cashed a number of employee checks keeping the money for himself. Gradoni Detectives Investigate We learned that the real story was the company was hiring undocumented workers issuing checks to phantom legal […]
WHEN TEXAS PRIVATE EYES ARE ON YOU Cokinos, Bosien & Young hired us to surveil an individual who claimed he was so severely injured he couldn’t leave his house. Private investigators from another firm had previously surveilled the individual without any success. Gradoni Detectives Stakeout the Target The first 3 times we surveilled the residence, […]
Undercover – Busted Scott Smith, the owner of Wilco, a company located on the Ship Channel that sells over a million dollars worth of parts a month to the oil industry, had been informed by a customer that they saw one of the counter salesmen pocket cash. Our Undercover Investigators Get Involved An undercover agent […]
One of our corporate clients, a collection agency, noticed some irregularities in two of their checking accounts. Gradoni & Associates Takes The Case Our investigation revealed that the bookkeeper had been making checks payable to himself, showing in the ledger the checks were going to vendors. The total theft exceeded $170,000 over a year period. […]
