John
McMahon & Associates is a full service private investigations
firm
in Houston, Texas. We can meet all of your corporate security
needs,
for a fraction of what you would pay for a full time security person.
We conduct security surveys showing you where your greatest losses are
likely to occur, and then tighten security and stop the losses. If
needed, we can assist you in implementing an anonymous fraud hotline.
We then work with management to investigate fraud and pilferage as it
occurs, implementing additional changes as needed. A few of the
workplace crimes we investigate are:
Loss Prevention:
Internal theft accounts for most of the shrinkage at most manufacturers
and retail establishment. Product is typically pilfered throughout the
product chain. We can help you drastically reduce shrinkage, at the
factory, the warehouse, in the shipping pipeline, and at the retail
storefront. When losses do occur we immediately make a visible
appearance and conduct interviews and investigate the losses. When
appropriate we build a criminal case and liaison with law enforcement
to get charges filed against the perpetrator. Even when criminal
charges are not filed, the mere visibility of the outside investigator
reinforces to employees that theft will not go unnoticed and
uninvestigated.
Fraud &
Embezzlement:
The FBI estimates that white collar crime costs the United States 300
billion dollars a year. We routinely expose investigate conflict of
interest, kick-backs, financial irregularities, and accounting abuses.
The company subscribes to over a dozen commercial record databases to
better serve our corporate client's investigation needs. Whether,
implementing a proactive security plan or investigating a loss, we can
meet all your corporate security needs.
Sexual Harassment:
Employers have a responsibility to protect all employees from sexual
harassment in the workplace. It is critical that all companies have
mechanisms in place to not only protect workers from harassment, but to
alert management when potential harassment has occurred. When
accusations of sexual harassment are alleged, the company should
promptly reduce or eliminate contact between the accused and the
accuser. They should then confer with counsel and hire a competent
investigator to handle a full and complete investigation of the
allegations. If the investigation is handled through counsel, the
results may be privileged and protected from disclosure. A thorough
investigation can mitigate damages and facilitate changes to prevent
similar incidents from occurring in the future.
Workplace Violence:
Background checks, including criminal record checks are the single most
effective tool for limiting workplace violence. Additional measures
must be taken in the workplace to ensure that employees have a safe and
secure workplace. When an incident of workplace violence does occur, it
is important to initiate an investigation and act swiftly, to take
appropriate action. Acting promptly and investigating the incident can
mitigate damages and prevent similar incidents from occurring again.
Workplace Theft:
Employee pilferage cost U.S. corporations billions of dollars per year.
Pilfer is defined "to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again
and again." It is the very gradual nature of this loss that often
allows it to go unaddressed in many corporations. Most employers accept
that employees will steal pens and paper clips, but seldom realize that
those same employees are likely stealing costly product on a daily
basis. An effective security survey will reveal where the company's
greatest losses are occurring, and then implement measures to stop the
losses.
Computer Crimes:
Computer Forensics and Investigations: Computer crimes usually involve
financial fraud, theft of proprietary information and theft of
intellectual property. We have a number of computer forensic tools and
techniques to recover lost, hidden, deleted, encrypted or damaged files.
Anonymous Fraud Hotlines:
Managers are sometimes reluctant to address internal losses, because
they are afraid that an investigation might hurt moral. Nothing could
be further from the truth. A work environment fraught with theft and
pilferage is in fact the worse work environment possible. We can help
you set up an anonymous fraud hotline, which allows employees to call
and report wrongdoing anonymously. An 800 number is given to all
employees and they are told that they can call and anonymously report
anything from sexual harassment, theft, fraud, to drug use. Hotlines
greatly enhance the number of tips management receives from employees,
allowing the company to cut losses and greatly improve the workplace
environment.
Personal Injury Fraud:
Since 1980, our in-depth evidence gathering has saved our clients
hundreds of millions of dollars. We specialize in high indemnity death
and disability investigations. We provide surveillance and general
investigative services to employers, adjusters, attorneys, third party
administrators, and self insurers. We can assist your company's Special
Investigations Unit (SIU), and interface seamlessly with your staff and
outside counsel. We develop the relevant facts you need to minimize
losses from work related injuries. All investigators are licensed and
have experience testifying in both federal and state district courts.
Covert Surveillance:
We have conducted literally thousands of surveillances with highly
effective results for our clients. John McMahon & Associates
has
years of experience conducting personal injury surveillance in Houston
and the surrounding area. All evidence is lawfully obtained and can be
presented in court. We obtain high quality video and still images of
the subject's daily activities. Surveillance video enables the defense
to present a credible counter to Day-in-the-Life videos. Claimants are
frequently videotaped working undeclared jobs, doing yard work, playing
sports, and engaging in other strenuous activities. We have been
presenting custom digital video presentations for client's trials and
mediations, since 1994. Digital video can be downloaded from our
password protected server, or provided on CD-ROM or DVD. When it comes
to fighting workplace insurance fraud we help you to dramatically
reduce losses.
Sub Rosa:
Sub Rosa is a Latin phrase which means "under the rose". In the Middle
Ages a rose suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber pledged all
present, those under the rose, to secrecy. In English Sub Rosa is used
to connotate secrecy or surveillance, usually in legal situation. We
provide Sub Rosa services to our legal clients. For more information
refer to
surveillance.
Please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions or need an
experienced Houston workplace investigator.
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