You’ve been unlucky enough to find out that employees have been stealing from you. Do you prosecute them?
If you face this situation, you must ask yourself: Are these civil or criminal charges? An example of a civil charge is when you give your bookkeeper check-signing authority and he or she steals. A criminal charge is when your bookkeeper forges a check or has direct withdrawals taken from your bank account without being an authorized signatory on that account. As a rule, it’s easier to get a conviction with criminal charges.