"They encourage customers to spend recklessly and to prevent employee theft."
For one thing, employee theft is so pervasive at hotels.
We worry more about employee theft and mistakes at the table.
Now the software, and three investigators, find 5 to 10 cases of employee theft a month, with the typical loss ranging from $40,000 to $50,000.
"The increase in employee theft made me do it," he said.
Professionals say there are many steps that can be taken to avoid employee theft.
"We're going to keep the investigation open and do a little more research" on how far back the summer employee thefts go.
This can easily be used to crack down on employee theft.
Perhaps the best means of reducing employee theft would be to hire honest workers.
Nationally, stores lose about 3 percent to employee theft, he said.