Bochum Detectives Uncover Unauthorised Secondary Employment

In the repeatedly recurring periods of economic crises, rising rents and general increases in the cost of living, but also due to purely personal problems such as maintenance obligations and loan debts or for less noble motives such as sheer greed, many employees feel compelled or tempted to take up a second job alongside their primary employment. In many cases, two jobs can be reconciled with one another; however, there are likewise countless constellations in which the secondary job is either prohibited under collective bargaining law or by the employment contract (for example by a non-competition clause) or in which the additional working hours impair the employee in their main occupation by making them tired and unfocused. If a company’s management requires evidence admissible in court as to whether an employee is pursuing a prohibited secondary activity or not, it brings its suspicion to Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum, which addresses the clarification of this suspicion by means of various investigative methods.

If, for example, an employee of a photography shop uses the skills acquired there (and perhaps even company-owned photographic equipment) at weekends by working as a self-employed wedding, birth or party photographer, this activity may run counter to their employment contract. Employers ultimately wish to prevent their own employees from becoming competitors and taking on assignments that could have been carried out by the employing company itself. If the employment contract contains a non-competition clause or even a post-contractual non-competition agreement and this is violated, the employee faces not only a formal warning but even summary dismissal. Our private detectives from Bochum undertake the gathering of evidence: +49 234 3075 0073.

What Legal Bases Exist For Secondary Employment?

Even in cases in which a secondary activity is neither excluded by the employment contract nor by a collective agreement, there are important basic requirements that must be complied with when exercising a second job. For example, most employers wish to be informed about the commencement of an additional job or even to be asked for permission; this becomes legally binding as soon as the two activities collide with one another or as soon as such a collision is foreseeable. Furthermore, the legally prescribed working hours of a maximum of 8 hours per day – or 10 in exceptional cases – must not be exceeded; in addition, the employee must have at least eleven hours of rest from the end of work until the start of work on the following day, otherwise the second contract becomes void and must be terminated at the insistence of the primary employer. Of course, a secondary activity must also be registered with the tax office, otherwise heavy fines or even criminal prosecution may be imposed.

The investigators of our corporate investigation agency in Bochum have already encountered countless gradations of disregard for these legal principles, often in conjunction with a certain degree of audacity, all of which had the aim of channelling money into one’s own pocket as undisturbed as possible by the tax authorities, employers and often also maintenance creditors or recipients.

Secondary Employment During Holiday Periods

Employees occasionally cover the still necessary additional income with a mini-job of currently up to 450 euros, provided that the weekly working hours and the employment contract of the primary employment relationship permit this. If the employee is on holiday from their primary job, employment law permits additional gainful activity during this holiday period as well, provided that it is not a full-time position, since otherwise the conditions for the recuperative holiday phase would not be met.

Secondary Employment During Incapacity For Work / Sick Leave

While secondary employment during holidays may therefore be permissible under certain circumstances, the employee must under no circumstances work for another employer during a period of sick leave. If an illness is feigned or if the employee fails to comply with their duty to behave in a manner conducive to recovery, this is, as a rule, sufficient grounds for summary dismissal. Our corporate investigators from Bochum have various options at their disposal to uncover such misconduct under employment law: infiltration of the secondary business, creation of legends, for example as an alleged customer, and – most frequently – surveillance of the employee during the period of sick leave.

Establishing Evidence Admissible In Court For Affected Companies

If an employee repeatedly returns to work exhausted and stressed after holidays and weekends, this does not necessarily mean that a second job exists, but it is an indicator which, particularly in combination with other factors such as corresponding information from the workforce or declining work performance, substantiates a suspicion. If, for example, a bank employee pursues another activity as a pizza delivery driver, taxi driver or nightclub bouncer after their regular working hours, fatigue as well as the resulting lack of concentration and inaccuracies in the daytime work can hardly be concealed permanently. Even if the employment contract of the bank clerk in question theoretically permits secondary employment, they must ensure that they fulfil their duties in both employments equally, so that neither of the two employment relationships suffers as a result. A warning is of only limited help here, because, according to the experience of our private detective agency in Bochum, far too many employees exploit the patience and generosity of their superiors without a guilty conscience and simply continue their secondary activities covertly after a warning.

Extreme, but by no means rare, cases include, as already indicated, feigned illnesses, in which the employee suggests incapacity for work with a sick note obtained by false statements or even forged, yet pursues their secondary employment during the sick leave period in order to collect twice: both the continued payment of wages from one employer and the regular salary from the second job. Such behaviour can hardly be escalated further than by secondary employment with a direct competitor, whereby the company of the primary employment is damaged not only financially but additionally by the illegal disclosure of sensitive internal data. In such cases, too, our Bochum detectives are usually able to obtain evidence admissible in court against the disloyal employees and thus provide affected employers with the means to assert claims for damages and other further consequences (whether through court proceedings or an out-of-court settlement (see also our article on the subject of notarised acknowledgement of debt)).

Are You Affected? Our Detective Agency From Bochum Is At Your Service Day And Night – Nationwide And Worldwide

If you have a substantiated suspicion in your company that an employee is pursuing an unauthorised secondary employment or that their second job is negatively affecting the quality of their work, do not hesitate to contact our detective agency in Bochum. By observing the employee in question, our investigators establish whether the employee is in fact violating their employment or collective agreement and thereby causing potentially significant damage to your company. For questions and concerns, please contact our IHK-certified specialist detectives on the following number: +49 234 3075 0073.

Author: Maya Grünschloß, PhD

Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum

Kohlenstraße 55

44795 Bochum

Tel.: +49 234 3075 0073

E-Mail: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bochum.de

Web: https://www.kurtz-detektei-bochum.de/en

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Detectives Investigate Illegal Uploaders and Users of Private Photos and Videos

Time and again, one reads in the relevant tabloid magazines about the online distribution of hacked private photos (leaks) of well-known film, television or music personalities, which attract great interest due to their fame. Even when quick action is taken regarding public figures, the damage is usually already done by the time the breach is discovered: websites providing and distributing these images are legally warned by attorneys and remove the photos if the owners can be reached for legal action, yet, as the saying goes, the Internet never forgets; an American star, for example, will have difficulty having their private photos removed from a website based in the Middle East without an imprint.

For private individuals not in the media spotlight, major problems also arise regarding the misuse of their images. The greater difficulty here lies in discovering the platforms distributing them, as no daily newspaper will inform them of the publication. Whether it is an ex-partner posting nude photos of a former partner on social networks or pornographic sites out of revenge, or personal holiday photos suddenly used as advertising on travel portals: the right to one’s own image (§ 22 KunstUrhG) is a protectable right, which the private detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum also defend.

Globalisation as a Challenge for Copyright

Global connectivity has long become a problem for data protection, as people often feel anonymous online and act far more extremely than in everyday life. Publishing photos of a topless ex-girlfriend may seem like a “fun” act of revenge to some, but it is by no means trivial; according to § 201a BGB, it is a criminal offence: “(1) Whoever knowingly makes an authorised image recording available to a third party without consent, thereby violating the highly personal sphere of the person depicted, shall be punished by imprisonment of up to two years or a fine.” Our detectives in Bochum repeatedly investigate cases in which women are publicly exposed online by former partners, leading to major personal damage: reputation and employment suffer, shame and fear of reactions from family, friends, and colleagues affect daily life, and a feeling of insecurity governs interactions with others.

Victims (almost always women) contact the private and corporate detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum (+49 234 3075 0073), hoping to remove the images and have the perpetrators prosecuted. With personal resources alone, little can be achieved in such cases.

An Uncountable Dark Figure

It is also alarming that only very few of those affected even become aware that their photos are circulating on the World Wide Web. How great would the coincidence have to be for the affected person to open precisely the one pornographic website on which her images, uploaded by her ex-partner, appear, if she had not been informed of this in some way? Our private detectives from Bochum assume a very high number of unreported cases of illegally distributed images.

If the victim is aware of the image theft or misuse, or at least harbours a suspicion, the detectives of the Kurtz Private Detective Agency Bochum become active: working closely with our IT specialists, we identify the distribution channels and – where possible – the IP addresses of the uploaders, in order to prove the direct involvement of specific individuals, for example the ex-partner’s best friend or a colleague, etc. The fact that the photographs were intended only for the former couple significantly narrows down the circle of perpetrators, apart of course from cases in which, as described above with celebrities, photos are hacked from a computer and disseminated by uninvolved third parties.

Other Forms of Unauthorised Dissemination of Images

Of course, there are also other cases of unlawfully distributed private photos beyond those described above. Particularly through the disclosure of the most personal details on social networks and the public sharing of holiday photographs, users of social media themselves facilitate making their images available to the web; even the supposed “security guidelines” of these networks often turn out to be a joke. Companies frequently use holiday or party photos of private individuals – primarily from other countries, if not even other continents – for their own corporate websites in order to suggest a special closeness to customers and to save on usage fees charged by major photo agencies. One client of the Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum was shocked when, during his summer holiday hiking through Thailand, he recognised his own face on an advertising billboard for coconut milk: it showed Franz T. from Bochum smiling with friends on a beach near the Danish coastal town of Skagen, where he had spent his holiday three years earlier. Our private detectives from Bochum established that the advertising agency behind this coconut milk campaign had not only searched Franz T.’s Facebook profile and misappropriated photos from it, but had even used private images from European and North American network profiles in a large proportion of its produced advertisements.

Through the evidence provided by our detectives proving that the right to the image lay with Franz T., the advertising agency was forced into an out-of-court compensation payment in order to avoid being drawn into a lengthy legal dispute. Whether it has since completely refrained from using unwilling advertising faces is open to doubt, because here too the rule applies: what I do not know does not bother me. As long as those affected do not complain, their photos will continue to be used without permission and misappropriated for advertising purposes. And where there is no suspicion, our IT specialists from Bochum are, of course, unable to provide assistance.

My Personal Photos Have Been Disseminated – What Now?

If you yourself or a member of your family has become a victim of such unlawful dissemination or unauthorised use of private images, contact the Kurtz Detective Agency in Bochum directly. Our detectives identify the perpetrators, obtain court-admissible evidence and, where necessary, also assist you as witnesses in court in order to bring the offenders before the judiciary and secure your compensation and your rights. If you merely suspect a possible misuse of your private images, our corporate detectives can work together with IT experts to investigate whether images of you are indeed circulating without authorisation. Should your images have been used commercially without your consent, our Bochum private detectives will endeavour to achieve a swift and smooth resolution of your case; in such circumstances, in addition to a claim for damages (§ 97 BGB), you are entitled either to a proportion of the profits generated using your image (§ 252 BGB) or to an appropriate licence fee.

All names and locations have, of course, been altered to ensure complete anonymity.

Author: Maya Grünschloß, PhD

Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum

Kohlenstraße 55

44795 Bochum

Tel.: +49 234 3075 0073

E-Mail: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bochum.de

Web: https://www.kurtz-detektei-bochum.de/en

Google: https://g.page/kurtz-detektei-bochum

Studien belegen ausgeglichenes Geschlechterverhältnis

Viele Statistiken belegen seit Jahren mit erstaunlicher Regelmäßigkeit und äußerst medienwirksam in den auflagenstärksten deutschen Tageszeitungen und Magazinen, dass die Themen Untreue, Ehebruch und Fremdgehen beide Geschlechter gleichermaßen betreffen, und fördern dabei oft hohe Prozentsätze fremdgehender Männer und Frauen zutage. Sicherlich müssen Statistiken zu diesem Thema mit Vorsicht genossen werden, da Untreue wohl kaum mit Stolz zur Schau getragen wird und sicherlich viele Männer wie Frauen Seitensprünge selbst in einer anonymen Umfrage geheim halten wollen. Dennoch sind diese Statistiken trotz ihrer Vielzahl in ihren Aussagen oft ähnlicher, als es der Zufall bedingen könnte. Sowohl Männer als auch Frauen gaben in einer Untersuchung von 2013 zu, fremdzugehen oder bereits fremdgegangen zu sein, Frauen sogar ein wenig öfter als Männer (38,9 Prozent gegenüber 37,1 Prozent), was auch mit der Erfahrung der Detektive der Kurtz Detektei Bochum bei Observationen beider Geschlechter anteilig etwa übereinstimmt.

Der Psychologe Dr. Ragnar Beer von der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen führt in einem Interview mit dem Fitness-Magazin "Fit for Fun" diesen leicht höheren Prozentsatz darauf zurück, dass Frauen heutzutage mit weniger gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen zu rechnen haben als noch vor einigen Jahren; eine Scheidung ist nicht mehr als soziales Stigma anzusehen und auch die gesteigerte und zur Normalität gewordene Berufstätigkeit von Frauen sorgt dafür, dass sie für sich selbst sorgen können und nicht mehr nur von ihrem Ehemann abhängig sind, was früher durchaus einen wichtigen Hinderungsgrund für Seitensprünge darstellte – und auch für deren Aufklärung. Denn die Emanzipation der Frau hinsichtlich der sexuellen Selbstbestimmung geht auch einher mit der finanziellen und gesellschaftlichen Freiheit, unsere Privatdetektive in Bochum mit der Überprüfung untreuer männlicher Partner beauftragen zu können.

Privatdetekteien decken Untreue und Seitensprünge auf

Ist ein erstes Grundmisstrauen vorhanden und fühlt man sich in seiner Beziehung der Treue des Partners/der Partnerin nicht mehr sicher, bietet sich die Möglichkeit, die Detektive der Kurtz Privatdetektei Bochum zu engagieren, um sich entweder seinen anfänglichen Verdacht bestätigen zu lassen oder durch eine Observation des Partners/der Partnerin festzustellen, dass man diesem/dieser trotz anfänglicher Zweifel vertrauen kann. Wichtig ist bei einer solchen Beauftragung unserer Detektive jedoch das gesetzlich geforderte berechtigte Interesse, da in Deutschland der Schutz der Privatsphäre einen sehr hohen Stellenwert genießt. In langjährigen Beziehungen, bei eheähnlichem Zusammenleben bzw. im Falle eines gemeinsamen Haushalts oder gemeinsamer Kinder besteht dieses berechtigte Interesse, das dann im Falle einer Observation über den Schutz der Privatsphäre der zu observierenden Person gestellt werden kann. 

Ist jedoch eine Beziehung, beispielsweise mit erst einem Jahr Dauer, vergleichsweise jung und wird in zwei getrennten Wohnungen und Haushalten gelebt, dürfen die Privat- und Wirtschaftsdetektive der Kurtz Detektei Bochum nicht agieren, da die Wahrung der Privatsphäre des eventuell untreuen Partners eine höhere Priorität genießt als das Interesse an der Aufklärung eines Seitensprunges. Von den Partnern der 3.334 befragten Männer und Frauen der Untreue-Studie des bereits genannten Psychologen Dr. Beer gibt nur jeder vierte Mann und jede dritte Frau dem Partner gegenüber den Seitensprung zu, wodurch 44 Prozent der Männer und 46 Prozent der Frauen selbst hinter die Affäre ihres Partners kommen müssen. Bei der Investigation zu Seitensprüngen und Ehebruch stehen unsere Detektive in Bochum, im Ruhrgebiet und in ganz Deutschland daher stets zur Verfügung und helfen dabei, für Klarheit auf Seiten des misstrauischen Partners zu sorgen und diesem Gewissheit zu verschaffen: 0234 3075 0073.

Kurtz Detektei Bochum ermittelt Liebhaber aus dem Freundes- und Kollegenkreis

Des Weiteren fand die Untreue-Studie von Dr. Beer heraus, dass ein Großteil der Affären und Seitensprünge mitnichten aus flüchtigen Bekanntschaften in Bars, Restaurants, Clubs oder Cafés resultieren, sondern vielmehr direkt mit Personen aus dem eigenen Freundeskreis (bei 31 Prozent der betrügenden Frauen und 24 Prozent der Männer), dem Kollegium (26 Prozent/24 Prozent) oder sogar mit gemeinsamen Freunden (20 Prozent/15 Prozent) begonnen werden. Auch machen die Detektive der Kurtz Privatdetektei in Bochum immer wieder die Erfahrung, dass die Betrogenen die LiebhaberInnen ihrer PartnerInnen oft persönlich kennen und dadurch nur umso intensiver von einem doppelten Verrat und Betrug getroffen werden. Durch Observationen und fotografische Dokumentationen der betrügenden Partner nach der Arbeit, in der Freizeit oder auf Geschäftsreisen gelingt es unseren Detektiven aus Bochum immer wieder, Seitensprünge, Ehebrüche und Affären nachzuweisen und damit den betrogenen Partnern eine – wenngleich auch traurige, aber dennoch wichtige – Gewissheit zu verschaffen. 

Durch die immer bessere Vernetzung und Technologisierung der Welt wird es zudem auch immer leichter, Untreue, Affären, Flirts und Seitensprünge selbst aufzudecken, sei es durch soziale Netzwerke wie Facebook und Co., Kommunikationsprogramme, Flirtportale oder sogar sogenannte Spionage-Apps, die auf Smartphones installiert werden können und daraufhin sämtliche Kommunikation und GPS-Daten an den misstrauischen Partner weiterleiten. Dementsprechend viele Männer und Frauen wissen daher auch von Seitensprüngen ihrer Partner: In einer Umfrage von "Statista" gaben beispielsweise von 1.134 befragten Männern 62 Prozent an, in ihrer aktuellen Beziehung von einer Affäre ihrer Partnerin zu wissen, 14 Prozent der Männer sogar von mehr als drei Seitensprüngen. 

Aufmerksame – und misstrauische – Partner decken Seitensprünge oft selbst auf

Interessanterweise fand das Team um den Psychologen Dr. Beer außerdem noch heraus, dass mehr als die Hälfte der Männer (51 Prozent) und Frauen (58 Prozent), die bereits die Untreue ihrer Partner vermutet hatten, schließlich tatsächlich den Seitensprung oder die Affäre herausfanden – ob nun selbständig oder mit Hilfe einer Detektei. Diese Zahlen sind also im Vergleich zu den oben genannten Prozentzahlen von 44 Prozent und 46 Prozent derjenigen, die die Seitensprünge selbst entdeckten, deutlich gesteigert, wenn bereits ein Anfangsverdacht existierte. Daraus resultierend gab weniger als jeder fünfte betrügende Partner nach einer ersten Vorahnung des/der Betrogenen den Seitensprung selbst zu. Verständlicherweise sind die betrogenen Partner entsprechend weniger bereit, dem betrügenden Partner wieder zu vertrauen, wenn sie selbst das Fremdgehen aufdeckten, als wenn die "Täter" ihre Seitensprünge von sich aus beichteten.

Sind aber die Möglichkeiten, einen Seitensprung tatsächlich festzustellen und zu beweisen, begrenzt oder bereits gänzlich ausgeschöpft, so sind die Privat- und Wirtschaftsdetektive der Kurtz Detektei Bochum jederzeit flexibel einsetzbar, um jedweden Zweifel über den aktuellen und wahrhaftigen Stand der Beziehung – und der Treue des Partners – auszuräumen: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bochum.de.

Verfasserin: Dr. Maya Grünschloß

Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum

Kohlenstraße 55

44795 Bochum

Tel.: +49 234 3075 0073

E-Mail: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bochum.de

Web: https://www.kurtz-detektei-bochum.de/en

Google: https://g.page/kurtz-detektei-bochum

Die Kurtz Detektei Bochum wurde kürzlich von Sat.1 NRW für eine Expertenmeinung zum Thema Betrug beim Kfz-Kauf konsultiert. Einer unserer Bochumer Privatdetektive äußerte sich in dem kurzen TV-Beitrag wie folgt:

Verkauf gestohlener Fahrzeuge durch Betrüger

Moderation: "Ein Mann hat Björn aus Witten um 25.000 € geprellt. Der Betrüger hatte ihm ein gestohlenes Auto verkauft. Der Wittener sucht jetzt öffentlich mit einem Facebook-Post nach dem Kriminellen. Dies ist seine einzige Chance, das Geld wiederzubekommen."

Rechtsanwalt Arndt Kempgens: "Wenn ich etwas kaufe, das gestohlen ist, dann kann ich das nicht gutgläubig erwerben, das heißt, ich muss es zurückgeben und das Geld ist weg."

Moderation: "Vor seinem vermeintlichen Wohnhaus in Köln hatte Björn sich den Personalausweis des Verkäufers zeigen lassen. Dieser wirkte täuschend echt, genauso wie die gefälschten Zulassungspapiere und das gesamte Auftreten des Betrügers."

Präventionsmaßnahme I: Zulassung prüfen (lassen)

Moderation: "Holger ist Privatdetektiv in Bochum und kennt dieses Vorgehen. Wir wollen wissen, wie man sich schützen kann. Der erste Tipp: Zulassung prüfen."

Detektiv der Kurtz Detektei Bochum: "Den Fahrzeugbrief, auch wenn er perfekt gefälscht ist, abfotografieren, bspw. mit dem Handy, um dann mit der Polizei oder ggf. über unsere Bochumer Detektive Rücksprache zu halten und zu sagen: Dieses Auto möchte ich gern kaufen, ist mit den Papieren alles in Ordnung?" 

Präventionsmaßnahme II: Wohnortkontrolle

Moderation: "Als zweiten Tipp empfiehlt der Privatdetektiv aus Bochum: Wohnort kontrollieren."

Detektiv der Kurtz Detektei Bochum: "Man sollte den Kaufvertrag wirklich im Haus machen, indem man zum Verkäufer sagt: Können wir das Vertragliche im Haus regeln, ich möchte das nicht hier auf der Straße machen mit dem Geld und so weiter? Dann mit ihm ins Haus gehen und gucken, ob er dort auch wirklich eine Wohnung hat und tatsächlich dort wohnt." 

Präventionsmaßnahme III: Zahlung per Überweisung

Moderation: "Rechtsanwalt Arndt Kempgens aus Gelsenkirchen weiß, dass auch der Zahlungsvorgang entscheidend sein kann. Der dritte Tipp lautet: kein Barkauf."

Arndt Kempgens: "Wenn Sie das Geld nicht bar in die Hand geben, sondern überweisen, dann bekommt ja der Verkäufer das Geld auch sofort. Aber dann haben Sie tatsächlich einen durch eine Bank überprüften Namen und eine Kontoverbindung."

Moderation: "Nach Björns Facebook-Post meldeten sich zahlreiche Menschen, die von derselben Person getäuscht wurden. Dahinter steckt wohl eine kriminelle Bande. Die Ermittlungen der Polizei laufen, und nicht nur Björn hofft, dass dieser Mann schnell gefasst wird."

Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum

Kohlenstraße 55

44795 Bochum

Tel.: +49 234 3075 0073

E-Mail: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bochum.de

Web: https://www.kurtz-detektei-bochum.de/en

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Search for Daughter Abandoned in Infancy

Mr Bungert is searching for his daughter – 21 years after her birth, 20 years after he separated from his then-wife and last saw his daughter. "I am getting old," he tells the private detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum, "and one begins to remember what is important in life, regretting the mistakes made – at least the major ones." Mr Bungert now wants to finally meet his daughter before it may be too late. With the help of a lawyer friend, he initially obtained an extended registration office report, which indicated that the daughter in question lived in Herne in the Ruhr area. However, the post was returned, and the neighbours stated that Mr Bungert’s ex-wife, along with her current husband, the daughter, and two other children, had moved away years ago.

Online Search | Database Checks | Account Verification | Tracking Through Former Landlords

An initial online search produced numerous results for the names of the persons sought, but these were so unspecific and opaque due to common name combinations that no conclusion could be reached without additional exclusion criteria. The Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum therefore switched to other investigative methods: From previous maintenance payments, Mr Bungert knew of a bank account belonging to his ex-wife, which was checked by our Bochum detectives on the evening of the assignment. However, as there had been no account activity for over three years, no current address could be determined this way. Our economic investigators initiated an automated database search through our affiliated partners, which typically takes a few days to a few weeks. Consequently, the following day our private detectives investigated the current tenants of the last known address in Herne – a commercial property. The proprietor informed them by phone that he had worked in the building for many years and that many tenants had come and gone in the upstairs flat. While the names of the target persons were unknown to him, he recalled a woman matching the description with a daughter of that age. Unfortunately, he could do no more. Our detective asked if he would kindly provide the landlord’s contact details, as he might still have records of the target persons.

A few minutes later, the investigating researcher of Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum had the landlord on the line. The target persons had lived in the property for only a few months. The landlord said he would check his records for a forwarding address. Fifteen minutes later, he called the Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum (+49 234 3075 0073) to report that the target persons and the partner of Mr Bungert’s ex-wife had lived with him for four months in 2002 before moving to another district of Herne and shortly thereafter to nearby Witten. The specific forwarding addresses were no longer known to the landlord. However, he recalled that Mr Bungert’s ex-wife had been pregnant in her final period in Herne (circa 2003) and provided our Bochum detective with the name and telephone number of the subsequent landlord, who also lived in Herne and remembered the family well, though he had discarded the forwarding address years ago. He only knew that all three had moved from Herne to Witten.

Address Check in Hagen – Possible False Address?

Meanwhile, the database search results arrived, revealing a series of further addresses in the Bochum–Hagen–Iserlohn–Dortmund area from 2003 to 2014. The most recent address was from October 2014 in Hagen. One of our Bochum detectives visited the location to verify it on site: the property comprised two buildings, a front building with a medical practice, and a small rear bungalow. No names of the persons sought were found on doorbells or letterboxes. The investigator entered the practice and inquired with the staff about the target persons – the names were entirely unknown. Even the postman, who our Bochum detective happened to meet leaving the practice, could not recognise the names despite delivering in the area for years. Since postal workers usually know the residents’ names very well, it was assumed that the target persons had either lived there very briefly or had used it as a fictitious registration address.

Our private investigator returned to the bungalow at the rear and rang the doorbell. An unknown male answered, and after a plausibly explained introduction, the detective asked if he knew the target persons. He did not. The previous tenant had been an older single man. On request, he willingly provided our Bochum private detective with the landlord’s contact details, who was immediately reachable by phone. The target persons were known to her. Contracts had almost been finalised, but shortly before moving in, the target persons withdrew and cancelled the tenancy. The landlord did not know why or where they had gone.

Somewhat Recent Lead Through Obituary in Herdecke

Given the long list of previously unknown residential addresses dating back to the early 2000s, the Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum repeated the initial online search using updated parameters. The investigators found a hit: a 2012 obituary in Herdecke created by a person with the name of the sought daughter. The deceased bore the name of the daughter’s grandfather, i.e., the former father-in-law of the client of Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum. A coincidental name match could almost certainly be ruled out.

Although the lead was not extremely fresh, it was reasonably current. Further examination of the obituaries revealed a connection to a person with the name of Mr Bungert’s ex-wife. Looking at preceding years, our investigators found another hit: the death notice of Mr Bungert’s former mother-in-law from 2010 – again created by the daughter and signed by the ex-wife. Any remaining doubts about a name mix-up were thus eliminated.

Investigative Breakthrough via Social Media

With the newly acquired information, the private detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum now knew that the target persons must have lived in Herdecke at least between 2010 and 2012. Following this lead, the investigators located a highly informative social media profile of the sought daughter. They were able to inform Mr Bungert that he is the grandfather of a granddaughter. Current photos of the daughter revealed a strong resemblance to Mr Bungert, the client of our Bochum detectives. Further research uncovered a profile of Mr Bungert’s ex-wife, revealing her current name following remarriage. Her new husband also had a profile with a phone number listed – a preliminary check call by our investigators failed, as the number was no longer in service.

Using the above profiles, Facebook accounts for all three persons – daughter, ex-wife, and new husband – were identified, providing additional information. Our Bochum detectives learned that the ex-wife works as a hairdresser and then called all hair salons listed in Herdecke directories – unfortunately without success. The new husband’s Facebook profile referenced a sole proprietorship, with the imprint listing a telephone number and address in Herdecke. An associated eBay seller profile matched this imprint. The Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum attempted several times during the same day to contact the proprietor at the listed number, but no answer was received during normal business hours. Only after 8 p.m. did the business owner pick up the phone, indicating he runs the business part-time alongside another occupation, returning home just then. This suggested that the telephone number belonged to the family’s private line, allowing our Bochum detectives to pinpoint their current location.

Phone Call with the Ex-Wife | Reunion with the Daughter

After a brief conversation with the new husband, he handed the phone to Mr Bungert’s ex-wife. She confirmed she resides at the address listed in the imprint of the sole proprietorship. The investigator explained the purpose of his call and asked if he could pass her contact details to the client of Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum so that he could contact her regarding their daughter. She swallowed audibly, paused for a few seconds, and finally consented. Mr Bungert was informed of the results the next morning. A few days later, he reported that he had already made contact with his daughter and arranged a meeting.

All names and locations have, of course, been altered to ensure complete anonymity.

Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum

Kohlenstraße 55

44795 Bochum

Tel.: +49 234 3075 0073

E-Mail: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bochum.de

Web: https://www.kurtz-detektei-bochum.de/en

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For 30 years, Mrs F. has been in a relationship with her partner, as she stated during her conversation with the private detectives of Kurtz Investigations Bochum. Although they never decided to marry and instead liked to grant each other personal freedoms, it had nevertheless always been a harmonious and loving relationship. Mr K., the said partner, has now fallen ill with cancer and the prognoses allow him only a very limited remaining life expectancy. After the diagnosis, Mr K.’s behaviour changed significantly, he increasingly neglected the joint medical practice with Mrs F., and the relationship itself also began to suffer. “I simply wanted to be there for him during this difficult phase, but he suddenly kept me at a distance,” Mrs F. told our Bochum private detectives. “First he stopped coming to the practice, then he stayed away from home for days at a time. I did not want to overwhelm him with reproaches in this difficult situation, but it is not easy for me either!”

One day, the client of the Kurtz Private Detective Agency Bochum finally confronted Mr K. openly and accused him of turning away from her for another woman – not in the form of sexual infidelity within the partnership, but through an active emotional bond with another woman. Mr K. admitted that he had met a woman and was spending a lot of time with her in her small flat in Wuppertal. How the situation would develop, he said, he did not yet know.

“He has become a completely different person since then,” Mrs F. reports to our Bochum private investigators. “He was always so meticulous. But now everything seems to be irrelevant to him. I feel like a foolish schoolgirl pining after a wonderful man. This woman lures him to her with promises and talks to him about the future. But what kind of future can they possibly have? He is going to die, that is certain. And within the next two years. How can anyone talk about a future in such circumstances? On top of that, she is supposed to be much younger than him. And because of his therapy, he is no longer even capable of sexual activity. What could she possibly want from him? I simply cannot believe that he has suddenly found some kind of new Mother Teresa.”

What Mrs F. is implying becomes obvious to the private investigators of Kurtz Investigations Bochum very quickly: Mr K.’s new girlfriend could be an inheritance scammer, possibly also a marriage swindler. The investigations conducted by our Bochum private detectives are intended to clarify the situation.

Initially, not even the woman’s address is known, only her name and her place of residence (Wuppertal). Following Mr K. by means of mobile surveillance by our vehicle operatives from Bochum is not possible, as Mrs F. knows nothing about his whereabouts. Every time she met him over the past weeks, the target person had “terrorised” Mr K. on the phone and urged him to end the conversation with Mrs F. as quickly as possible in order to come to her in Wuppertal. Commencing surveillance would therefore not be possible in any case, as there is no point of departure.

Based on the name of “the other woman” (verbatim wording used by Mrs F.), the detectives of Kurtz Investigations Bochum are able to research an email address on a dog breeders’ website which can be attributed to the target person with a high degree of certainty. Under the legend that one is the said dog breeder and, due to a tax audit, must disclose all transactions of the last five years but has unfortunately moved and no longer has the target person’s address, the target person is contacted and asked for assistance. This approach is not unlawful; however, should this investigative method become known, the dog breeder could demand that we cease and desist pursuant to Section 12 of the German Civil Code. A few hours later, the target person replies and kindly provides her current address. Kurtz Investigations Bochum prepares to commence surveillance.

The sad part is this: despite these clear indications, Mr K. is still unwilling to end his relationship with the target person. Kurtz Investigations Bochum can only wish Mrs F. all the best and hope that her happy memories of the relationship with Mr K. will not be overly tainted by these events after his death. The work of our Bochum detectives is concluded at this point.

All names and locations have, of course, been altered to ensure complete anonymity.

Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum

Kohlenstraße 55

44795 Bochum

Tel.: +49 234 3075 0073

E-Mail: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bochum.de

Web: https://www.kurtz-detektei-bochum.de/en

Google: https://g.page/kurtz-detektei-bochum

Kurtz Detective Agency Bochum

Kohlenstraße 55

44795 Bochum

Tel.: +49 234 3075 0073

E-Mail: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bochum.de

Web: https://www.kurtz-detektei-bochum.de/en

Google: https://g.page/kurtz-detektei-bochum