Question

When an employee misappropriates case by diverting a payment from one customer for their own use, and then hides the defalcation by diverting cash receipts from another customer to offset the receivable from the first customer, the scheme is called _________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Lapping scheme

Explanation:

Lapping scheme -

It is a fraud practice , which involves the alteration of the accounts received to hide or cover the stolen payments .

This method involve taking the subsequent receivable payments and using them to cover the theft .

And the next receivable is only applied when the previous is unpaid receivable .