One of South Africa's leading vehicle-recovery companies has begun a nationwide investigation into allegations that some of its employees may be helping syndicates to steal cars fitted with tracking devices.
The claims, by a former employee of Tracker, prompted the company to act immediately.
On Thursday, the day after The Star enquired about the allegations, the company called in a team from the Truth Verification Testing Centre to analyse the involuntary stress levels in the voices of 78 male staff members.
Within the next few days, all of the company's 750 employees will undergo the "truth testing" in call centres around the country.
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'We are leaving no stone unturned' The man claimed that syndicates bribed him to hand over highly classified information, identifying cars that are fitted with tracking devices and where the devices are located. Once the syndicates have the information, their operatives are able to steal the cars by breaking into them and ripping out the tracking device within five minutes. This occurs without Tracker or the owner knowing anything about it.
He said a member of a syndicate gave him between R500 and R1 000 for a client's information. "He said he knew I worked for Tracker and he wanted me to give him information from time to time. He would usually call me on my cellphone and give me the registration number of a certain car. I would then punch in the registration (number) and if that car's owner is a Tracker client, it (the computer file) would give me the information," he said.
The man, who said he was first approached by a member of a Johannesburg crime syndicate during the last two of the five years he worked for Tracker, further claimed that on Thursday when the truth testing was to be conducted, an employee went AWOL but had since turned himself over.
While confirming that one employee had slipped away shortly after staff were informed of the voice analysis testing and that they were not allowed to leave the building, Tracker insisted they had strict measures in place to deal with staff who possibly conspired with criminals.
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