Corporate Surveillance · No. 03
Corporate Surveillance in New York City
Workplace surveillance, employee investigations, and corporate counter surveillance for New York companies.
Workplace surveillance, employee investigations, and corporate counter surveillance for New York companies.
When a company suspects internal theft, fraud, or a security breach, the response has to be quiet. Corporate surveillance is what we do when an internal investigation isn't enough. When you need licensed external investigators documenting employee behavior, vendor conduct, or competitive threats without anyone inside the building knowing.
Our corporate clients call us for employee misconduct documentation, theft and inventory shrinkage investigations, workers' compensation fraud surveillance, time card and remote work verification, vendor and contractor due diligence, and pre litigation surveillance for employment cases. The clients range from small Manhattan businesses dealing with a single problem employee to multi state corporate engagements coordinated through general counsel.
The point of bringing in an outside investigator is that the work doesn't touch your internal team. We coordinate directly with whoever has authority. Typically general counsel, the CFO, or a board member, and run the investigation without disrupting the rest of the company. By the time we deliver findings, the work is done and nobody else knew it was happening.
Companies dealing with potential industrial espionage, executive stalking, or activist surveillance use our TSCM (technical surveillance counter measures) services in coordination with corporate surveillance work. Bug sweeps, secure conference room verification, and ongoing counter surveillance for sensitive deal periods. See our dedicated TSCM page for that work.
Most of our corporate engagements come through outside counsel or general counsel, and our reports are written to be useful in litigation, employment proceedings, or insurance claims. Chain of custody, surveillance logs, photo and video documentation, and an investigator available to testify.
Corporate matters are usually set up as a retainer billed against hourly investigative work, because they tend to involve multiple subjects, longer timelines, and regular reporting to counsel or leadership.
The main things that move the fee:
Smaller single subject corporate matters can run in the low thousands, while multi week operations scale from there against the retainer. Every case is quoted individually. The initial consultation with David is free and confidential, and you’ll get a written estimate before any work begins, with no obligation.
Straight answers to what clients ask most. If yours isn't here, call David directly for a free, confidential consultation.
Internal theft and shrinkage, employee misconduct, suspected fraud, due diligence on partners or acquisitions, intellectual property leaks, and workers' compensation or disability fraud. We work for businesses, in house counsel, and outside law firms across New York.
Yes. Corporate work is handled with strict need to know discretion. We coordinate only with the people you designate, deliver documented findings you can act on, and structure the work so that an investigation does not tip off the subject or disrupt operations.
Yes. Evidence is gathered lawfully and documented to evidentiary standards, so it supports termination decisions, civil claims, and criminal referrals. We can give written reports and, where appropriate, testify to what was observed.
Yes. Surveillance of a claimant's actual physical activity is one of the most effective ways to expose exaggerated or fraudulent injury claims. We document the claimant's real capabilities lawfully and give footage and reports your carrier or counsel can use.
Through a combination of TSCM bug sweeps of offices and boardrooms, background screening of vendors and key hires, and surveillance where IP theft is suspected. We can assess your exposure and build a plan around the specific risk you are facing.
Corporate surveillance is typically structured as a retainer billed against hourly work. Smaller single subject matters run in the low thousands; multi week operations scale from there based on subjects, locations, and team size. We scope and quote each engagement after a free, confidential consultation.
New to working with an investigator? See how we work, our confidentiality standards, or why a licensed PI matters.
From the field: Protecting your business from internal threats · Real cases of corporate espionage · Surveillance for IP theft investigations.
New York Intelligence Agency works across all five boroughs and the surrounding metro. Understanding the population we serve. Its scale, density, and makeup. Informs how we plan surveillance, locate people, and build cases in the city.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (New York City).