Exposing Lies in Internal Theft Investigations

Spotting clues that an employee is giving deceptive answers in preliminary statements can be the difference between an internal theft investigation that stays on the right track and one that gets derailed while the culprit continues to steal from your company.

Statement analysis is a technique used to identify verbal and written signs of lying. It allows you to narrow down a large pool of interviewees to a small list of actual suspects -- which frequently leads to a quicker arrest or termination of the thief.

Listen and participate from your office phone as two experts who drew standing room only crowds at last year’s ASIS International annual meeting teach you their well-honed approach to separating truth from lies.

John Dietz, CPP, CFE is owner and president of Dietz & Associates., a specialty investigative consulting firm based in Richardson, Texas. He built a 25-year career with the federal government including posts as an assistant regional inspector with the IRS and a special agent with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

David Lewis, MA, CFE is owner of David Lewis Investigations, Dallas, an investigative company specializing in insurance fraud. He is a retired US Treasury investigator and former National Coordinator of Statement Analysis Program for the IRS.

Their guidance and examples from actual criminal investigations will sharpen your ability to:

• Recognize indicators of deception in both written and verbal statements.
• Spot the normal speaking and writing patterns of an employee who is telling the truth.
• Assess when you can immediately take statements from suspects and when you should use a questionnaire to identify possible suspects, so that you don’t waste time and resources chasing innocent people.
• Craft smart questions that maximize your chances of success for both free-flowing and structured written or verbal interviews.

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