George is the COO of a large marketing firm. The CFO notices that travel expenses have increase significantly and begins looking into various reimbursements of travel for upper management. The CFO finds that although George is not required to travel for his job, there are significant airline, lodging and food expenses—receipts show that these are for two people each time and most occur on weekends. What type of fraud is this? Payroll disbursement scheme. Expense reimbursement scheme. Register disbursement scheme. Billing scheme.
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