Corporate Investigations

Closed Corporate Cases

• Surveillance Pays Off
  During the first four months of 2002, Gradoni & Associates has utilized it’s surveillance team to protect two corporate clients from the theft of supplies, materials and client’s proprietary information. The 1st Surveillance Case The first case involved the surveillance of an individual who had been the recipient of a $500,000 loan to
• The Case of the Stolen Coins
  Silver Theft Our client had secreted in a secured area a number of silver coins, valued at over $1,000,000. During the course of an inventory the business owner discovered that $200,000 worth of the coins were missing. J.J. Gradoni and Edna Velez initiated the investigation by interviewing the two individuals that had keys and access
• The Case of the Suspect Pocket Cash
  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
• The 100K Cell Phone Embezzlement Investigation
  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
• The Case of the Wayward Movers
  Our Client had hired a local moving company to transport their belongings from one location in Ft. Bend County to another location in Harris County. When everything was unpacked the client was missing over $100,000 worth of silver along with two other items. The Owner of the moving company allowed Edna Velez and Chief Investigator
• The “No Calls, No Sales” Corporate Investigation
  A printing company in Virginia contacted our firm after looking at our website and requested that we surveil a salesman that worked from his home supposedly making sales calls on potential clients each day. The owner of the company was concerned since sales had dropped dramatically. Gradoni & Associates Takes on The Case Investigator Companik
• The Lost Marbles Theft Investigation
  The owner of a marble company determined there was $200,000 of missing product after an inventory check. Once the discovery had been made the person responsible for the inventory and the overall general supervision of the workers quit. J.J. Gradoni Investigates Chief Investigator J.J. Gradoni interviewed a number of employees who admitted that
• The Case of the Drunken Sales Manager
  Our client was a manufacturing company that sold tools in the oilfield industry. Our client’s product base included thousands of small items. During an inventory it was discovered that a number of items in specific categories were missing. Our client had reason to believe that the Sales Manager was possibly selling items to competitors because
• The Case of the Overpaid Office Manager
  Randy Schaffer referred a client who owned an Architecture firm. When the Officer Manager had taken some time off, the owner of the firm had an opportunity to review the bank statements, finding that the Office Manager, who had control of the checking account, had possibly issued herself more paychecks than she deserved. Gradoni Investigates
• The Train Ride Investigation
  Attorney Robert Fickman and Attorney Stanley Schneider represented the owner of a train ride concession who noticed during an audit a discrepancy in the number of tickets sold versus revenues. Our Investigation Reveals… Investigator Carey Wellmaker analyzed almost two years of receipts and deposits compiling a spreadsheet that documented