My question involves business law in the state of: Massachusetts
My question is :
A little background : I work for a small business, the owner of the business is also the boss.
We had a previous employee whose best friend happened to be the branch manager of the local bank where we did business. This employee was able to obtain, through his bank manager friend, all of the business's confidential payroll information, balance information, and all financials regarding the business and the owner's personal finances. Armed with this information, he tainted the rest of the staff, and ended up taking the other employee with him when he was eventually let go. Leaving the business with no employees, and the boss/owner left holding the ball. This was always suspected, but never able to confirm. We contacted the bank with our suspicions and were quickly dismissed. Told there was NO way of seeing who has viewed accounts, and no way to prove it. Which, as a previous bank employee myself, I know for a FACT there are electronic fingerprints on every account in the banking industry due to the Privacy Act of '74. After further discussion, we also realized there was a substancial amount of money missing during the time of this employee's employment, leading us to believe this bank employee and our previous employee have done more then simply look at the business information. After several accountants reviewing the financials, and no one being able to see where approximately 20k per yr over a 3 yr period has gone, we realize there is a major problem. What should the next course of action be, and do we have a case against both the bank employee and our previous employee?

