White Collar Crime Investigations

Suspect Slight, Deception, and Theft at the Business?

 

Houston area businesses are subject to a number of aspects of white collar crimes, particularly in the corporate world. These crimes are often difficult to detect because the offenders typically have “insider” knowledge of a business’ financial arrangements and practice. With this insider knowledge, the perpetrator(s) can often fly under the radar for years.

We Investigate Embezzlement & Fraud

Embezzlement, fraud, misappropriation of funds and theft of proprietary information are prime examples of white collar criminal activity. These crimes are often covered up with the aid of computers and many times go undetected until it is too late.

It is common to find that the “thieves” have prior criminal history that wasn’t detected prior to being hired.

Houston Corporate Internal Investigations Since 1989

Numerous corporate clients have utilized the services of Gradoni & Associates to identify perpetrators, recover stolen property and stop the loss of assets from their businesses.

J.J Gradoni is a recognized expert in the area of white collar crimes, surveillance, and one of the best when it comes to investigations. As a professional and leader in the field, he’s authored numerous intelligence documentaries on the subject.

An Experienced Team Knows Best

The staff at Gradoni & Associates includes a number of Investigators with professional law enforcement backgrounds who are experts in interviewing techniques. These Investigators have access to “state of the art” equipment and procedures to solve cases.

Our team also includes forensic accountants, surveillance agents, computer experts polygraph experts, and forensic computer experts.

If needed, undercover agents can be utilized to work inside a company to gather intelligence and evidence. Investigations of this nature have resulted in the arrest, conviction and/or dismissal of employee/thieves.

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Suspect a White Collar Criminal in the Fold?

Contact Gradoni & Associates

If you need to consult with J.J. Gradoni, or one of the other experienced white collar and embezzlement investigators on our team, call our detectives at 281-440-0800.

Client References & Past Cases

Listed below are our clients of ours, whether former or current, who have sought out Gradoni & Associates for investigative services related to white collar criminal investigations.

  • Mariner Energy
  • Ryland Homes
  • Overnite Transportation
  • New Quest Properties
  • New Process Steel
  • Wyman-Gordon
  • Weyerhauser
  • Gullo Toyota
  • Smith Custom Home Builders
  • Wilco
  • Spirstar
  • Jacobs Engineering

Listed below are a few random blog entries that were derived from our Private Eyes of Texas Newsletter which are related to white collar criminal investigations.

Private Investigators of Texas

Debt Confessions: A California Theft Case

Our firm was hired by a law firm in California who represented a client that had sent $27,000 to an individual in Houston for the purchase of furniture for their club. The furniture never arrived and the individual who received the money had not responded to any correspondence. Gradoni & Associates Investigate Polly Korzekwa, our…

The 20 Truck Heist Investigation

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…
Cell Phone Scam

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 reported…

A Case of Corporate Burglary: An Inside Job

One of our long time clients who owned an iron and metal fabricating business in Houston, who had utilized our firm to conduct pre-employment background investigations for years, was the victim of a burglary on a Sunday evening at their main office. The thieves were able to enter the business by drilling a hole in…
Corporate Investigations - Embezzlement

The Case of The Embezzling Accountants

A Corporate Investigation Success Our firm was contacted by the owner of a lawn maintenance com­pany with an embezzlement problem. The owner had determined that his accountant of 13 years had been paying a number of her personal bills, including all the expenses associated with her hus­band’s business, from their business account. The suspect was…

The Case of the Shell Companies

“The Billing Scam” Attorney Phillip Hilder, one of our most tenured clients, referred Gradoni & Associates to one of Houston’s largest commercial land development companies. The individual in charge of Company signage abruptly quit, taking the majority of the documents at her station with her which caused alarm and concern by Management. Our Investigation Begins…
Private Investigators of Texas

The Case of “Just Living” … With $80,000.00

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…

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…
Private Investigators of Texas

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…

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