# Expense fraud

> Knowingly submitting false, inflated, or duplicate receipts for improper payment.

**URL:** https://quilometragem.com/glossary/expense-fraud

**Summary:** Knowingly submitting false, inflated, or duplicate receipts for improper payment.

- Expense fraud covers fictitious trips, inflated distance (logging 200 km for a 100-km drive), duplicate submissions (same route in different months), and collusion (manager plus employee).
- Digital systems flag anomalies — repeated routes, distance inconsistent with elapsed time, exact duplicates.
- Penalty: termination for cause plus civil action.

Expense fraud covers fictitious trips, inflated distance (logging 200 km for a 100-km drive), duplicate submissions (same route in different months), and collusion (manager plus employee). Digital systems flag anomalies — repeated routes, distance inconsistent with elapsed time, exact duplicates. Penalty: termination for cause plus civil action.