Double Dealing Director
We were approached by a business owner who had been told by a reliable source that his Managing Director was providing services, utilising the companies resources, but doing the deals privately (outside the company).
The owner was enraged and felt cheated. His first request was to monitor all of the Managing Directors movements and communications (within the scope of the published company Security Policy). Whilst this was a possible approach we advised there may be a simpler solution.
- We established that the Managing Director was well paid and had no significant financial pressures. From this we deduced that he was greedy
- Knowing his motive was greed we devised a scenario where we approached him posing as a potential customer
- This conversation was legally recorded and correct evidence handling procedures were observed
- A second conversation took place and the Managing Director presented a proposal for the deal. Again this conversation was legally recorded and correct evidence handling procedures were observed
- The owner called a Board meeting to discuss pipeline business and new clients. The Managing Director made no mention of our new ‘client’
- The owner confronted the Managing Director with our evidence. He could not dispute it and confessed his guilt
- The owner took the appropriate asset recovery, disciplinary and legal action