A local hank reported that it lost $150,000 as the result of employee fraud. Ray Fairburn is not clear on what is meant by “employee fraud.” Explain the meaning of fraud to Ray and give an example of fraud that might occur at a bank.

Fraud: Fraud is a deliberate and deceptive action of an employee to obtain unlawful gain from the employer.
To define: Fraud with an example
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Definition: Fraud can be defined as a deliberate and deceptive action of an employee to obtain unlawful gain from the employer.
Example: A bank employee could transfer the money from any customer deposit account to his personal accounts through computer. This kind of internal embezzlement committed by bank employee, against his employer is referred to as employee fraud.
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