Corporate Investigations Austin TX | ObjectWire

Corporate investigations address internal misconduct, fraud, intellectual property theft, and executive or vendor due diligence for Austin-area businesses and legal teams. ObjectWire applies the same investigative discipline it uses in its public-interest journalism to private corporate engagements.

Unlike internal HR investigations, which rely on employee cooperation, a licensed PI investigation can gather evidence independently through surveillance, database research, and digital forensics. This is particularly valuable when a subject is aware they are being investigated and may be concealing or destroying evidence.

• Employee misconduct — time theft, unauthorized outside employment, policy violations, harassment documentation
• Intellectual property theft — unauthorized removal of trade secrets, proprietary data, client lists, or source code
• Internal fraud — embezzlement, expense fraud, vendor kickbacks, procurement irregularities
• Executive due diligence — background and behavior verification before a hire, partnership, or acquisition
• Vendor and contractor fraud — billing irregularities, phantom invoices, conflict of interest
• Non-compete violations — documentation of a former employee working for a competitor in violation of a covenant
• Workplace theft — property and equipment removal, documented through covert surveillance

ObjectWire is an investigative media company as well as a PI agency. When corporate misconduct has public significance, including fraud affecting consumers, environmental violations, or systemic labor abuses, we may pursue the story as journalism in addition to or separately from a private case.

If you have information about corporate wrongdoing that affects the public and want it investigated for publication rather than kept private, visit our tip the newsroom page. If your concern is a private business matter requiring confidential investigation, this corporate PI service is the appropriate engagement.

Every corporate engagement begins with a confidential consultation to establish the scope, legal constraints, and deliverables. We work directly with in-house counsel and outside legal teams to ensure the investigation is structured to produce evidence that can withstand legal scrutiny.

Deliverables vary by case type: surveillance produces photo, video, and written reports; digital forensics produces documented findings with chain-of-custody records; background and due diligence investigations produce written reports with source documentation.

Initial consultations are confidential. Visit the consultation page or see the full services hub.