It is never so direct. Management gets a contact who is a fixer, hired though an attorney, hiring a contractor who does investigations who happen to have conta

It is never so direct. Management gets a contact who is a fixer, hired though an attorney, hiring a contractor who does investigations who happen to have contacts who will do field work research. Field researcher gets name, hotel, car, follows from deposition and when the schedule becomes predictable an interaction or two occurs. Maybe an offer to stay silent followed up with a threat or action that will further persuade a favorable outcome for the hiring agency. Upper management has zero exposure and everyone down the line was vague enough to be removed from direct action with the trigger being unaffiliated party. Want to punish a neighbor? Pay a homeless guy to hire a homeless guy to throw a rock through a window. Who gets arrested? Not the home owner. Homeless guys can't be trusted for their witness. No records. Window is still broken.