Discovering your trusted business partner is cheating you out of finances can be just as devastating to learn your significant other is cheating on you, if not more so. As an extremely emotional experience, the act of betrayal from a trusted business partner is more than stressful. It is important, however, to not let your emotions get the better of you and to maintain a clear head while you take your next steps. Doing so will help you recover damages, stolen property, and money theft. With that in mind, we at Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami FL would like to take the opportunity to elaborate on cheating business partners.
Stealing Company from Your Own Company
A business partner is an individual or entity that has ownership stake or a contractual working relationship in a business with you. As such, this business partner can be prosecuted if they are found to be stealing from the business. Business relationships can be Person-to-Person, Business-to-Business, or Person-to-Business. As a result, it is still stealing and irrelevant if an individual removes assets illegally from a business for personal gain or not.
Types of Theft
There are a few basics types of theft, they include:
– Embezzlement
– Breach of fiduciary duty
– Physical theft
– Fraud
– Intellectual property
What to Do if You Suspect Business Partner is Cheating
If you suspect your business partner is trying to cheat you, apply the following.
1) Evidence needs to be collected.
Proving the theft is essential for court proceedings. Generally, hiring private investigator with this kind of experience is your better option. Advanced Private Investigators & Security has the experience to help gain the evidence you need to prosecute and help you in court case. We can work with your attorney to help attain all pertinent information.
2) Make a decision on prosecution after determine type of theft.
Whether or not to prosecute you need to determine the type of theft. The attorney can assist as well as a private investigator. With investigations, surveillance, and other resources, to find the truth and establish the crime, we at Advanced Private Investigators & Security help you determine the depth of theft and the crimes that were committed so you and your attorney can be better equipped to make the right decisions on the extent and details of how you are going to prosecute.
How to Sue Your Business Partner for Theft
After consulting your attorney, the crime will need to be reported to create a record with law enforcement. Below are the steps:
– Nature of the theft
– The circumstances on which you discovered the theft
– The incriminating evidence
Law enforcement will perform their own investigation to verify evidence and to pursue the established reasonable cause with your case. From there, your business partner will be arrested and arraigned in a court of law
– Read to the defendant are the accusations.
– A plea is entered by the defendant.
– Hearing dates are scheduled.
– Depending on the charges and progress of the investigation, the defendant will be held in custody or released on bail.
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The case will either go to trial or the defendant, your old business partner, will make a deal. Call Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami FL today if you suspect your partner of cheating.
