Feigning Illness for the Honeymoon: Employee on Sick Leave Holidays on Gran Canaria

Disorganised: Groom Gets Himself into Trouble

Mr Lemgo wants to celebrate his wedding – good for him. Unfortunately, months earlier his fiancée had suggested a wedding date that he had agreed to without much thought. The problem: Mr Lemgo, who would soon become the target of the Kurtz Corporate Detective Agency Bielefeld and East Westphalia, is the company’s chief electrician, and the annual maintenance work – scheduled for the very same weekend – cannot be carried out without him. So what does Mr Lemgo do? He goes to the doctor the week before the wedding and submits a medical certificate to his employer. The company owner, however, distinctly remembers having to reject Mr Lemgo’s holiday request for that same weekend because of the maintenance work and knows that the reason for the request was a wedding date. Accordingly, he suspects feigned illness and commissions our detectives in Bielefeld to observe the absent employee.

Civil Ceremony and Celebration in Bad Salzuflen – the Supposedly Ill Employee Present Throughout

On the wedding day, two detective teams begin surveillance at the target person’s residence and at the registry office, as it is unclear where Mr Lemgo will be at the start of the operation. Before 11 a.m., the wedding party arrives at the registry office with the target person coming from an unknown direction, and the Bielefeld private investigators stationed at the residence end their assignment. For reasons of discretion and inconspicuousness, the two investigators at the registry office do not attend the ceremony but cover both main exits to record the target person leaving the building. This is achieved without difficulty thanks to the conspicuous procession of the wedding guests.

 

After the civil ceremony, our detectives follow the party to a country estate in Bad Salzuflen where the celebrations take place. In the garden, a photo studio takes pictures of the bride, groom and wedding party. Unfortunately, access controls prevent the observers of the Kurtz Detective Agency Bielefeld from attending the celebration and observing whether, in addition to the act of celebrating itself, other activities obviously inconsistent with illness occur – such as lively dancing or alcohol consumption.

En Route to Gran Canaria: Detectives on the Plane

By around 4 p.m., the celebration appears to be over, as the target person of the Kurtz Detective Agency Bielefeld and East Westphalia leaves the venue in Bad Salzuflen with his newlywed wife. The couple enter a suitably decorated vintage Mercedes and drive onto the A2 motorway towards the Ruhr area, then onto the A33 towards Paderborn, and finally to Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport. Here the newlyweds check in two suitcases with Air Berlin. Through a pretextual inquiry, our economic investigators learn that the flight is bound for Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. The operations centre of the Kurtz Detective Agency East Westphalia contacts the client, who authorises pursuit of Mr Lemgo to Gran Canaria. Our investigators secure two remaining seats at moderate prices and board the flight to Las Palmas just under two hours later.

Surveillance by Our Private Detectives on Gran Canaria

Upon arrival on Gran Canaria, Mr and Mrs Lemgo are transferred to their hotel. Our detectives from Bielefeld have no time to hire a car and must follow the shuttle bus in a taxi, securing a hotel room at the same establishment at exorbitant rates. For a total of three days, our private detectives remain on Gran Canaria to obtain final proof of Mr Lemgo’s feigned illness. During this time, the newlyweds go on excursions to various island attractions (a cave village in the Barranco de Guayadeque, the archaeological museum Mundo Aborigen), hike through the Bandama Natural Park, and appear at the seaside fit and healthy – swimming, playing badminton and engaging in other leisure activities. At this point, it can be conclusively ruled out that Mr Lemgo is suffering from any illness, whereupon our investigators, considering the detective costs and proportionality of means, begin their return journey to Paderborn-Lippstadt on the third day after arrival.

 

Once the client receives the investigation report from our detectives on Gran Canaria and from the celebration in Bad Salzuflen, he issues Mr Lemgo a summary dismissal. The target person of the Kurtz Private Detective Agency Bielefeld thus faces an unpleasant and unexpected “wedding gift” from his now former employer upon returning from Gran Canaria – the removal of an untrustworthy and disloyal employee.

To preserve discretion and protect the privacy of both clients and targets, all names and locations in this case report have been changed beyond recognition.

 

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