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Workman’s Compensation Investigation in New York City

Worker’s compensation is an important type of insurance coverage that helps to ensure that employee medical expenses and wages are paid when workplace accidents occur. Unfortunately, the insurance is subject to abuse, and many employees have taken advantage of it to receive money based on false injury or illness claims. Sometimes these employees fake an illness or injury or exaggerate real problems. In other cases, they get injured during their own time and then claim that it occurred at work. These types of abuses are fraud and can often be discovered only through a thorough investigation.

Workman’s Compensation Investigators Protect Your Company

Fraudulent workman’s compensation claims can directly harm your business. They can cause unwarranted insurance rate increases, impact your productivity, and create strife and turmoil in the workplace. And while legitimate workplace-related injuries and illnesses should be respected, fraudulent claims are too common to be ignored. The good news is that competent, experienced investigators have the expertise and skills needed to identify fraud and gather the evidence you need to successfully challenge fraudulent compensation claims.

Workman’s Compensation Investigations and What They Look For

Few companies have the in-house resources to conduct effective compensation investigations on their own. That’s why so many New York City firms rely on the professionals at ISS to help them properly investigate suspicious claims to ensure that workman’s compensation insurance payments are only delivered to deserving recipients. But what do these investigations look for to prove or disprove a specific claim? At ISS, our investigators will:

  • Investigate the claimant’s story. In most fraudulent claims, the employee will have no witnesses to the injury, or will provide inconsistent details when describing the incident.
  • Check for any history of compensation claims made by the employee in the past. In many instances, these claimants develop a pattern of such behavior over time.
  • Conduct surveillance in a discreet way, capturing video evidence in accordance with state law. If your employee is faking an injury or illness, we will gather the evidence you need to prove it.
  • Provide a comprehensive report to bolster the surveillance evidence, providing you with everything you need to contest a fraudulent claim.

The Workman’s Compensation Private Investigator You Need

Workman’s compensation fraud is a serious matter and can negatively impact employers and legitimate claimants. It can also be a crime that can carry serious fines and even jail time, as well as an order to repay any inappropriately-received compensation. If your company suspects that an employee’s workman’s compensation claim is illegitimate, you need a professional workman’s compensation investigation to successfully contest the claim. International Security Services, Inc. (ISS) can conduct the workman’s compensation investigation you need to uncover fraudulent claims and protect your business.

 

Contact Us Today for Your Workman's Compensation Private Investigator Needs in New York City

There are many security firms in New York, but only one that can lay claim to the best investigative and security services, handgun permit consulting services, and leading security and fire safety training programs. The experts at International Security Services, Inc. (ISS) have the proven track record you need to safeguard your business and prevent compensation abuse by unscrupulous employees. Contact us today to learn more about how our services can help you combat false worker’s compensation claims.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Contact International Security Services, Inc. today to learn more about our general investigations, business investigations, overseas investigations, and background check services.

Who uses private investigation services?

Many people and companies have questions that only an investigation can answer. For example, you may wonder whether a spouse is being unfaithful, desire to learn more about your adoption, or want to run a background check prior to marriage. Businesses often need help investigating potential fraud, screening employees, or conducting due diligence before mergers, acquisitions, or overseas expansions. International Security Services, Inc. can help with those and other investigation needs.

Why can’t I just investigate on my own?

Obviously, you could try to investigate just about anything on your own. However, there’s a reason why people and companies choose private investigators to get the answers they need. Proper investigations take time, resources, and skill sets that most laypeople lack. In addition, many people are unfamiliar with legal issues related to surveillance and other investigative concerns and can thus easily run afoul of the law during any do-it-yourself investigation.

Why should I choose ISS?

ISS investigators have the expertise and experience you need to get the answers you deserve. Our investigators are all licensed professionals with skills sets that include intelligence gathering and counterintelligence measures, and they’re backed by state-of-the-art investigative tools and techniques.

Can you help me with overseas investigations?

We can. At ISS, we are fluent in both English and Russian, and familiar with the Russian community. As a result, we can provide quality investigative services in both the U.S. and the nations that were once part of the Soviet Union.

What should I know about my investigators?

You should only consider investigators who are properly licensed, bonded, and insured, and who have a proven track record of success. ISS investigators meet and surpass those expectations, which is why our team can offer the most effective investigation services in New York City and abroad.

Should I be concerned about discretion?

When you hire ISS investigators, discretion is a priority. We conduct covert investigations to ensure that subjects remain unaware that they are being surveilled or otherwise investigated. New York statutes require that investigators only release your information if you request it or a court orders such information to be divulged. Otherwise, information that we share with one another is considered confidential. That includes information that you provide during any consultation, even if you decide not to hire ISS.

Are there limitations and things you can’t investigate or do?

Of course. For example, private investigators are not allowed to surreptitiously obtain credit report information without written consent or record conversations without at least one party’s knowledge. We do not harass targets, violate local, state, or federal law, or otherwise conduct ourselves in any way that might be considered immoral or unethical. We can, however, use every legal tool at our disposal to ensure that you get the answers you need.

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International Security Services, Inc. is New York City’s premier provider of executive protection and security guard services, personal and business investigations throughout New York and overseas, firearm permit consultations, background checks, and approved training for Fire Life Safety Directors and armed or unarmed security guards.

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    Brooklyn, NY 11223
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August 10th, 2022

Property Security Evaluation Report

Your Individualized Property Evaluation Report

Your site’s individualized property evaluation report contains information and analysis that you need to properly manage your site’s security needs. That information includes detailed analysis of the crime rate in your area, site access and parking protocols, and existing security infrastructure. Interior inspection includes analysis of emergency exits, fire suppression capabilities, and alarm infrastructure for emergencies. Exterior inspection includes analysis of structural defects, property lighting, and potential vulnerabilities in building access.

In addition to those inspections, our analysis also considered environmental factors, potential risks from older trees, outside property maintenance, and nearby crime that may overflow to the area. We also examined emergency response planning, including fire evacuation protocols and information supplied to residents about proper evacuation process.

 

Pressing Suggestions


  • Install cameras in common areas and along driveway to the back parking lot as those areas are public spaces that anyone can access and there is no surveillance coverage.

We highly suggest a camera placement along this driveway, as the overhead cameras in the back parking lot may not capture all makes, models, and license plates of cars entering in and out based on the angle they are recording from. The best camera placement would be at the green circle closest to the sidewalk/street.
The common area is easily accessible, but based on the angle that cameras are set at the front lot, anyone can enter the basement common area concealing the side of their face that is facing the camera. This is not to say that the camera arrangement should be changed, but it is highly recommended to have coverage in this common area as the common area is on a lower floor not visible from the sidewalk.

  • Install a gate at the driveway leading to the back parking lot.

  • Make sure every tenant has a universal fire extinguisher and knows how to use it.

  • Develop a comprehensive evacuation plan and make sure that every tenant has received information regarding it. Condo Bylaw book is huge, tenants may easily overlook it.

  • Overall the building is not that big and has not had too many concerns regarding security breaches and/or home invasion throughout its 18-year existence. It is well kept and the fact that there is an active board monitoring and enforcing bylaws is a good sign. 



However, a few fundamental problems exist when it comes to access control of the back parking (a big territory). Even though only two issues have ever occurred there, the wide-open access point to that lot may need to be corrected sooner than later as there is a significant uptick in crime in the 62nd precinct.

Furthermore, there are two fundamental surveillance blind spots along the driveway leading to the back parking lot and every common area.

Lastly, however unlikely it may seem, tenants should have resources and a physical guide for situations that may require an evacuation. Whether it be a flood or fire, each tenant should know how to use a fire extinguisher and where to evacuate to during a flood regardless of their proximity to a shoreline.


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