Question

Jill has recently begun working at a local florist. In addition to creating floral arrangements, Jill spends a good deal of her time talking to customers and ringing up sales. Over time, she identifies a weakness in the procedures for ringing up voids. No approval is neces- sary to void a sale, and the void slip collects very little information about the sale. After Jill has completed a sale and the customer has left, she voids the sale and pockets the cash that was just received. The floral shop doesn’t miss the lost inventory because it has a high inventory turnover ratio and high losses due to flowers losing their bloom.
1. What type of fraud is Jill committing?
2. What could the florist do to prevent this type of fraud from occurring?

Answer 1

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

1. What type of fraud is Jill committing?

The fraud that Jill is committing is known as theft of cash through fraudulent disbursements. In this case, Jill is using a register disbursement scheme which involves false voids of customer sales. During the time of sale, a record is made and another record is then created again which is used for the false void.

2. What could the florist do to prevent this type of fraud from occurring?

To prevent this fraud, a receipt should be attached and the florist should make sure that every vital information about all sales are collected such as customers name, time, amount of goods bought, signature and f customers etc