Workplace Fraud & Embezzlement Polygraphs, Mediations, & Private Investigations

Fraud and theft at place of businesses, schools, and governmental agencies is sadly much more common than many people realize. For some people, they are not satisfied with their salary or wages. Instead of seeking raises or newer jobs, these employees instead choose to just take what does not rightly belong to them. This is a form of unjust enrichment that can lead to both civil claims and criminal charges.

When these issues arise in places of employment, some people will seek to hire a polygraph examiner, fraud private investigator, and/or employment mediation service to help them resolve the issues. There are several effective tools that can prove beneficial to both employees and business owners alike. The ones they choose depend on their needs and the circumstances of the case.

Workplace Fraud Polygraphs:

Fraud polygraphs require an employee’s voluntarily participation, but they are also perfect for helping show whether someone was lying or honest about her/his/their involvement in workplace drama and even illegal activities. Our polygraph examiners can do these quickly and with a fair amount of ease. We will sit down with the 

We should note that the U.S. Polygraph Protection Act prohibits most employers from forcing their employees to undergo a lie detector test. Whether for fraud, forgery, theft, or other malfeasance, only professions like police officers and other law enforcement officials, high-ranking political staff, etc., are subject to forced polygraph tests. Otherwise, making those mandatory can create a hostile work environment and can and will quickly erode the very fabric of trust that the employer-employee relationship is founded upon. 

Our private investigation agency does indeed welcome employees who voluntarily come in to take a lie detector test for issues like workplace fraud, theft, embezzlement, client diversion to other companies, etc. You can hire the best polygraph examiner to sit down with you and work through the process, which will include but is not limited to the following:

Sitting Down & Reviewing the Allegations/Case:

The first thing our polygraphist will do before conducting the employee polygraph test, is to sit down with the client and review the case. We will need to review the allegations and facts of the case, as well as disqualifiers like pregnancy and certain medications that will prevent the examinee from taking the polygraph test. Once our legal team ensures that everything is in good order, our private detective agency will then proceed to formulating the necessary questions.

Formulating the Questions:

Once we have ascertained what it is we need to find out, our polygraph examiner will help devise up to five specific questions that require only a “Yes” or “No” answer. They must be actual questions a polygraph can have valid results for, so there will be no hypothetical questions. 

Conducting the Lie Detector Test:

Once we connect the examinee to the polygraph, it will monitor bodily functions like heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and how wet the skin becomes. Our polygraph examiner in Yukon, Oklahoma will then proceed to ask some baseline questions which help ensure the accuracy of the lie detector test itself, and then we shall proceed with the actual test questions. The examinee’s answers to these questions, whether truthful or deceptive, will be crucial in helping determine future actions and the relationship between the employer and employee moving forward.

Analyzing the Results:

Once the respondent has provided answers to the polygraph examination and the polygraph examiner has finished asking the questions, the device will produce the results for the legal expert to properly analyze. 

Presenting the Results to the Clients:

Once the testing is complete and the polygraph examiner in Mustang, OK has had the opportunity to review and analyze the polygraph examiner will happily review the results with the clients in verbal and, if desired, via a written report for an extra fee. 

Social Media Private Investigations:

Our social media private investigator can also do surveillance private investigations and can run social media scans on employees and company owners alike. The owners of our private investigation agency in Oklahoma City and their staff offer many legal services which can prove beneficial to clients facing workplace disputes. 

Indeed, digital private investigations can scour the internet and other social media sites, pulling up comments, photos, locations, and other evidence that might show the occurrence of fraud, theft, embezzlement, and/or other crimes. A social media scan can also pull up new stories and criminal jailhouse photos that can demonstrate a previous history of criminal activity or even experiences from other previous employees where the same employer has falsely accused them of theft or other crimes. 

Workplace Fraud, Theft, & Embezzlement Mediations Services:

Mediation services are also very appropriate for difficult, complex workplace situations that involve allegations of fraud, embezzlement, and theft. While not required, it will help if you have embezzlement polygraph results, witnesses, camera footage, or some other evidence to bring with you to the mediation service. But with or without evidence, our employment mediators will help work with both the business owner and the employee(s) to help both parties reach a compromise resolution.

Mediation is a great form of alternative dispute resolution, because they can help both parties avoid expensive, time-consuming fees and exhaustive amounts of paperwork. The wonderful thing about opting for a mediation service to help you with workplace disputes instead of going to court or seeking an arbitrator is that this service puts the power of the outcome back into the hands of the parties involved in the dispute. 

By sitting down and coming together to work out an agreement that both parties can live with, both parties have the potential to walk away at least somewhat happy. It is possible for each side to get something that they want much quicker than arbitration and court cases can offer. Plus, the court fees, lawyer costs, and time spent on paperwork and constant hearings can disappear. Of course, while every mediation service has upsides, so, too, do they come with some downsides, too.

Alternative dispute resolutions for employment issues do require both parties to come together and voluntarily sit down and meet. If one party feels particularly wronged and/or has many more financial resources and time to spend pursuing litigation and the other does not, then that party may want to pursue the arbitration or court options. Indeed, sometimes one or even all sides dig in, think they cannot lose, just want the maximum amount, and thus is unwilling to negotiate. 

Even judges in small claims cases in district and circuit courts always advise parties in cases before them to remember that they may lose. They are wise enough to urge parties to work out a deal, because sometimes both sides think they have completely winnable case until someone ends up losing. Alternative dispute resolutions help both sides form a win-win solution that enables all parties to come away with something meaningful.

Case Study in Why Mediation Services Can Prove Very Beneficial Over Courtroom Trials:

Sayer Law in Waterloo, Iowa lost big time to our firm in 2025, because they stiffed us on $17,500 of pay over nine months and only offered a paltry $5,500 instead. Then they took back that offer and countersued us, refusing to mediate or settle throughout the entire process thereafter. They figured that since they were a huge law firm with tons of attorneys and resources that they could just plow over a smaller business. How wrong they were! PI agency owners Vivien Saramosing & Dr. Makayla Saramosing were not about to take this wage theft lying down.

Well, after trying to bury us in paperwork and dragging us to Waterloo, Iowa twice for depositions and a trial, they lost almost $33,000 in back pay, interest, attorney’s fees, expenses, etc. They might have even gotten us to settle for $12,000 or $14,000, but the Sayer Law Group in Waterloo, Iowa got stubborn and self-righteous and figured they would not only deny our pay, withdraw the lowball offer, and then had the nerve to countersue us. They rolled the dice and completely crapped out, losing big time. 

Conclusion:

Make wage theft mediation services, lie detector tests, and social media scans part of your legal repertoire. Utilize these effective ways to solve employment disputes without the need to go to court or seek help from an arbitrator. We will help save all parties time and money eventually, and you can rest assured that we will put the complete power of the outcome back into the hands where it belongs – YOURS!