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UUser_4fe77396
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March 5, 2025 at 10:04 amHi everyone, I need your advice on an issue a friend of mine is facing. He works for a company with a nationwide presence and had submitted fake bills for reimbursement. The compliance team has now caught this and is requesting employees’ bank statements as evidence, including fake bills and edited transaction snapshots. Should he refuse to provide his bank statement and accept any consequences, or should he admit the bill was fake? -
SSilentsuhani990
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March 5, 2025 at 10:06 amSay it’s a cash purchase-
UUser_4fe77396
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March 5, 2025 at 10:14 amHe already submitted upi snapshots with random trx ids-
SSilentsuhani990
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March 5, 2025 at 10:19 amGreat. He sure dug the hole deep. He can claim it was paid for by an acquaintance since his phone was out of battery.If the upi snapshot has his upi id/number then nothing can be done, because it proves it’s his account.
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SSubhashshark164
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March 6, 2025 at 6:48 amHow desperate was he for some quick buck?
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SSilentknight5363
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March 5, 2025 at 10:18 amLawyer here.The best course of action? Resign. Because the company is already suspicious, and one way or another, they will find proof of wrongdoing, and then they will terminate your “friend” for misconduct/embezzlement, which will basically make him unemployable forever.
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UUser_4fe77396
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March 5, 2025 at 11:06 amCan they hold experience and reliving letters? Until they recover the amount?-
SSilentknight5363
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March 5, 2025 at 11:11 amFor them the amount is nothing, so recovery of that is usually not a priority. I’m not your lawyer, this is not legal advice, but if I were you, I would not display my bank account and confirm myself a criminal, and just resign and live with plausible deniability.As for the letters, it’s complicated. They can give or not give those, depending on their wish. There is no law regulating this. However, it is better to have no experience letter, than receiving one that states your “friend” was involved in criminal misappropriation from the company, which will basically finish his career.
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UUser_d604b035
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March 6, 2025 at 3:31 amI like how you quoted friend, as if you think that βfriendβ is himself.-
EExpertparidhi5056
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March 7, 2025 at 4:50 pmThanks for explaining the ‘joke’ in detail. It’s what we all needed…
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CCoolpanda4293
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March 6, 2025 at 3:37 amBy law they have to give you an experience letter , but what will be written inside it is at the complete mercy of the management . If they feel you arenβt a good staff , they can write it there
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UUser_2eb015f2
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March 5, 2025 at 11:13 amOnly amount recovery will be a boon for your friend.He should try to accept his fault and resign on his own with regular process.
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WWisehawk7332
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March 5, 2025 at 5:17 pmJust to add, resignation is not a free “get out without consequences” card. The employer can still investigate and file a civil/criminal case against your friend.If the investigation is completed during the notice period, they can go ahead and terminate on disciplinary basis.
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UUser_89116238
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March 6, 2025 at 4:28 pmIs it a psu or a private company?
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CCoolbro2018
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March 5, 2025 at 10:19 amWell best thing would be editing statemrnt with exact id for now and not doing it again there is no way anyone other tha. Account holder can check it abyways-
RRiyaseeker157
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March 5, 2025 at 10:43 amToo risky-
CCoolbro2018
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March 5, 2025 at 10:43 amNot really how are they going to check it?-
RRiyaseeker157
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March 5, 2025 at 10:45 amPretty sure they can verify it if they wanted. They just wonβt spend the time. For example verify utr tx number with bank or something.
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SSachinmaster926
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March 5, 2025 at 5:48 pmHeβs already caught when he shared those fake receipts. Share fake statement would be digging deeper.Best course of action would be to resign.
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CCoolbro2018
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March 5, 2025 at 6:06 pmYes he could have atleast bought them offline and ask then to give a big bill
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UUser_13506c52
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March 5, 2025 at 10:19 amBill to have tax free reimbursement, or bill to have reimbursement.Big difference. Tough company shall proceed the same way, they often donβt. First means duping ITD while second means duping company itself. Far worse consequences in #2.
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VVasantowl403
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March 5, 2025 at 10:20 amHe will be fired for fraud.Even if its a small amount no one can save him because he literally tried robbing the company.
Plus the company is going to set that as an example for others.
He should resign else they will put this in his experience letter that employee was involved in un-ethical practices.
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UUser_4fe77396
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March 5, 2025 at 11:08 amBut can they hold his experience letter and reliving letter? Until full amount is recovered?-
MMegafox4760
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March 5, 2025 at 11:54 amYes they can. Your friend doesn’t have any upper hand in this. So, the best thing is to just resign and try to move away. -
UUser_7f84e97b
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March 5, 2025 at 12:01 pmIf he is fired for Fraud, his Experience letter/relieving letter will state the same so will be of no use while applying anywhere else.Moreover any future company when they would try to verify previous employment, will get the same details about the reason for firing.
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DDesigagan8997
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March 5, 2025 at 11:21 amMy gf’s colleague pulled this stunt at his company. Got caught easily and penalised and booted. The dude even made fake bills for some of his friends at work. The rest of them got penalised and had some benefits revoked.Best thing he can do, resign before it goes on record. They may still penalised him. But if he is lucky, the experience letter might not have any negative comment.
They won’t withhold experience letter depending on how long he has served there. For instance, if he pulled it before his probation even ended, no letter. Straight firing as in the case I mentioned above.
But if he cleared probation, there is a chance he will get it. Can’t comment on this part. I have only seen the case where the person pulled this off during his probation. He didn’t receive experience letter. They blacklisted him from their firms and refused recommendation letter. He could ask for an experience letter. But high chances they will specify reason for being sacked somewhere in the documents they will provide.
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VVandanashark196
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March 5, 2025 at 1:39 pmYou need to resign.You have committed a fraud and you will likely be terminated and this will show on all your background search.
Resign and offer to pay money in lieu of notice period.
They can deduct the amount you have defrauded them for.
Also, world is not stupid.
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UUser_8b460151
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March 5, 2025 at 6:45 pmIts not him, its his βfriendβ π -
IIndiansatyendra1489
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March 6, 2025 at 12:45 pmππ -
UUser_c7ace5fd
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March 7, 2025 at 8:22 amHow will people doing background search know about this?-
VVandanashark196
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March 7, 2025 at 2:07 pmIf you are fired, have been declared as Absconding then your HR with label your file accordingly.If they file a case against you then this will show on background verification done on your name.
Companies don’t always spend alot on BGV so one could get lucky also.
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EEpicrajendra5182
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March 5, 2025 at 2:14 pmSaw one employee out of the TCS office as soon as he confirmed fraud. -
UUser_6075f56f
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March 5, 2025 at 2:50 pmOnly the corporate can do tax frauds, employees shouldnt do scamz in the corporate-
UUser_75c13f2b
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March 5, 2025 at 7:42 pmBruhβ¦.
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PParagking331
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March 5, 2025 at 3:17 pmIf thereβs any indication of malpractice, heβs going to be fired. They donβt care about the money, itβs an integrity issueStart looking for another job
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SSmartshravya2385
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March 5, 2025 at 4:20 pmDude you should resign π€£π€£π€£π€£ Compliance team would screw him for what he did one way or the other -
KKushalbro328
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March 5, 2025 at 4:43 pmNot a lawyer but this is a good example of play stupid games – win stupid prizes. -
UUser_138282c0
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March 5, 2025 at 4:51 pmNAL.Work at an MNC where fake internet reimbursement bill was caught and the employee was online in the morning and out of the system by afternoon. Made tens of lakhs in salary and got greedy over 10k a year extra.
Time to look for a new job and resign immediately. Most large companies have zero tolerance for this BS.
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UUser_25a5fe3d
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March 7, 2025 at 2:02 pmWas the fake bill that terrible to be caught? Fake internet bill is a common practice in our organisation and didn’t hear anyone getting caught till now.-
UUser_138282c0
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March 7, 2025 at 3:08 pmHow large is your organisation?No idea how terrible it was but our MNC has a history of zero tolerance for any kind of fraud. Even directors are fired if found.
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UUser_25a5fe3d
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March 7, 2025 at 3:31 pmPretty large, one of the top 5 IT companies.
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UUser_a3eacdaa
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March 9, 2025 at 9:28 amThis here is the problem. βItβs common practiceβ. Itβs fraud, plain and simple and the argument of itβs common practice wonβt stand if caught-
UUser_25a5fe3d
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March 9, 2025 at 9:58 amTotally agree with you on that. It doesn’t change the fact that people are doing it.
I haven’t claimed any original bills itself, let alone create a fake bill, from so many months now.
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MMegasagar68
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March 5, 2025 at 5:17 pmResign citing personal reasons and do not provide any further proofs for his false claims..only option -
IIndianlion6189
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March 5, 2025 at 6:01 pmWithdraw/cancel the reimbursement request from the system. If there is a mail thread, inform there about this citing the reason as “not comfortable sharing bank statement”. -
PProeagle3569
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March 5, 2025 at 6:05 pmProbably you should not be your friend anymore. -
UUser_be26ef68
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March 5, 2025 at 6:18 pmKuch nahee hoga bank statement edit kar upi screenshot edit kar aur de de . Yeh saare log comments main phattu hai πππ. Your friend needs to learn from VJM-
GGaganthinker475
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March 6, 2025 at 9:29 amLol
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UUser_8ce82acd
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March 5, 2025 at 8:14 pmWhy do scammers scam? -
UUser_6ffcbddf
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March 5, 2025 at 8:57 pmplay stupid games, win stupid prizes -
UUser_7c39cc47
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March 6, 2025 at 12:14 amI have heard mncs usually provide two documents- termination letter and relieving letter- in these types of cases. That is if they decide to provide something. The termination letter will contain brief details of the wrongdoing and doesnβt need to be showed to the future employer. The relieving letter is a standard relieving letter and can be submitted as a proof of employment.But best course of action- resign.
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UUser_56307f8c
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March 6, 2025 at 1:13 amHow did they find out?-
CCoolreyansh570
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March 7, 2025 at 3:20 amSomeoneβs panicking ;-|-
UUser_56307f8c
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March 7, 2025 at 4:12 amLol. I work in audit dept. Just to crackdown similar cases π-
UUser_1148d67d
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March 7, 2025 at 7:32 pmRat spotted!
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UUser_7a425ac4
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March 6, 2025 at 2:08 amCompany will see this as a breach of ethics and loss of trust. Your βfriendβ shouldnβt pull any more stunts. Just apologise genuinely, offer to resign and hope that they dont mark it on your records. Company will very likely issue the experience and relieving letters. -
SSmartshark9111
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March 6, 2025 at 3:40 amJust a matter of time he’s fired. -
SSmartshark9111
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March 6, 2025 at 3:45 amTypical indian (more like south asian) behavior-
UUser_d23801d2
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March 6, 2025 at 6:39 amYouβre not wrong, but donβt north indians also do such things??-
UUser_89768afd
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March 6, 2025 at 6:52 amNorth Indians are South Asians … π-
SSmartshark9111
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March 6, 2025 at 7:14 amEven in a world war, some of us will still talk about North India vs South India.
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SSilentbro2829
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March 7, 2025 at 10:09 amYou are both idiots π€‘
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UUser_7e8719fd
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March 6, 2025 at 4:38 amJust asking for a friend π?? -
RRavindrastar475
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March 6, 2025 at 6:13 amFirst, you cannot be forced to submit a bank statement. You can give them the option that it was paid in cash and press on for bills. If they are likely to go for cctv check or something like that for confirmation of your stay and bills, simply rescind your bills by submitting that
1. You’re not comfortable sharing private information, i.e. privacy concerns
2. Citing a technical glitch
3. Submit a request for resubmission of bills, citing erroneous calculation in claim submission and later do not submit at all. Do not ever resubmit that bill.Mind that it all should be in writing, and make sure they ask for proof in writing then also reply in writing. Keep going back and forth, meanwhile close the damn account and eventually cite that the said account has been closed so you cannot submit the proof. It’s all about evading responsibility, but at no point accept your mistake or give them any proof.
It’s hard to fire someone on the basis of the claim itself.
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PPramodhawk102
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March 9, 2025 at 3:03 amEntirely inaccurate advice from a person who doesn’t understand how corporate audits and repercussions work.-
RRavindrastar475
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March 9, 2025 at 4:57 amEntirely accurate advice from a person who has maneuvered through countless memos, notices, warning letters, recovery processes, fake and real threats, prosecution and court hearings and much more across multiple government organisations. They don’t even have power to seize and search or prosecute. So believe me the corporate audits ain’t shit and their repercussions are laughable at best when compared.-
UUser_8f14ac27
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April 18, 2025 at 11:03 pmCan I have your contact information please? Your email id
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SSubhashshark164
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March 6, 2025 at 6:49 amWithdraw the reimbursement request, say your bank details are confidential.And resign.
Or get a time machine and go back to do the bank transaction and come back.
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AAnayfalcon836
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March 6, 2025 at 7:10 amWithdraw the reimbursement by stating, not willing to file. -
DDesiayushi5728
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March 6, 2025 at 8:01 amNAL but have seen something like this twice.
A lot would depend on the management, your friend’s position within the organisation and his terms with the management.If he’s a low to mid level employee and the amount isn’t great he’ll probably be asked to resign or fired. Companies don’t like to publicize these things.
If the amount is huge and or he’s senior management then he’s probably doomed.
He should resign and also speak to a lawyer just in case.
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SSwiftjatin2148
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March 6, 2025 at 9:11 amDid your friend tell you how big the amount was? And what sort of fake bills? If it is claimed that payments were made with credit cards or cash (must not be UPI or bank transfer), the situation can still be managed without getting caught. And what sort of merchants – was it only cab and food or something else too? -
UUser_d61e49af
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March 6, 2025 at 11:07 am“Friend” -
VVanshninja265
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March 6, 2025 at 1:18 pmPlease understand that if this is a part of CTC, and for example he submitted fake bills to reimburse his HRA or medical allowance, the company make take it lightly, and terminate him without impacting his professional record.On the other hand if her submitted fake bills to claim money that wasn’t his, then he is screwed.
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UUser_b27e1f63
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March 6, 2025 at 1:47 pmNot a lawyer but my company fired 6 ppl over fake internet bills and fake cab bills . We pay as much as a faang company so these ppl were making around 1cr+ yet got fired over a couple thousandYour friend is toast, as him to dip out with as little damage as possible.
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UUser_1148d67d
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March 7, 2025 at 7:43 pmFake internet bills like total fake or edited amount of original bill? How do these private companies come to know about fake or real bills? In Govt setup, Fake tickets is a red line. Except this, they (Audit) arenβt able to verify the bills, that too after significant time.
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UUser_b0e97bd2
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March 6, 2025 at 3:03 pmSame thing happened at my organziation.
People had put fake medical bills for OPD reimbursement provided from insurer. These were initially reimbursed. But later org wide they sent for clarification for bills which they identified as fake.
Those who were able to prove valid bills stayed(being one of them), rest all got fired. So 100s of employees got fired. Though no other legal actions and nothing on experience letter. -
UUser_991b6a28
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March 6, 2025 at 4:43 pmJust fyi…last year roughly 1000 folks were fired from my org for this very reason….compliance -
PProfalcon463
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March 7, 2025 at 6:16 amhe should buy vasline and be ready to get fucked. Deserves it. -
AAdvikbear146
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March 7, 2025 at 1:13 pmHe will be fired for fraud -
RRamyaseeker60
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March 7, 2025 at 4:15 pmBhai chota amount toh chlta but yeh tere friend ne kuch jyada hi kr dia -
UUser_604eed1a
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March 7, 2025 at 6:49 pmThis is a serious offense and the company would eventually ask him to resign. In this case I believe he should accept his mistake and try to convince his manager and hr that it won’t happen again. Maybe he’ll be spared as a one time excuse. -
PPramodhawk102
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March 9, 2025 at 3:05 amResign and move on
That experience letter is used for BGV by the next employer, don’t expect it to go.well. You should let go this experience. -
UUser_8eb4165b
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March 28, 2025 at 7:28 amHow did company know the bills were fake ? and what bills ?
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