Hub You - Employee Theft: Examples of Misconduct by Occupation and Job Type

Accounting/ Bookkeeping
• Ghost companies
• Fictitious employees
• Fictitious or inflated invoices
• "Cooking the books" inflating and skimming from accounts
• Overlapping accounts

Automobile and Service Mechanics
• Billing customer for unneeded repairs
• Failing to do repairs
• Substituting inferior parts and products for premium charges
• Theft of cash by not reporting invoices to garage
• Theft from customer's cars
• Intentionally causing additional damages to vehicles
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Billing customer and warranty center for same problem
• Selling or using drugs

Bartenders
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Under or over-pour
• Hiding inventory discrepancies by putting water in liquor
• Theft of liquor and other merchandise
• Giving away liquor and merchandise
• Steal tips from other employees
• Selling or using drugs
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers

Computer Personnel
• Theft of data
• Software piracy and theft
• Erasing or causing damage to files with viruses
• Embezzlement techniques used to round off small amounts of money from accounts over a long period of time or to otherwise divert funds
• Stealing hardware such as drives or memory modules
• Unauthorized Internet activity

Drivers
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Theft of time and payroll while making unauthorized stops
• Stealing or shorting deliveries
• Stealing from the warehouse
• Selling or using drugs
• Unauthorized use of delivery vehicle (business and personal)
• Creating then selling delivery overages
• Unreported vehicle damage or moving citations

Executives and Corporate Professionals
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks

Gas Station and Convenience Store Personnel
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Selling or using drugs
• Falsify refunds and keeping the cash
• Theft of cash or merchandise
• Giving away merchandise
• Unauthorized discounts
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers

Hospital and Nursing-Home Personnel
• Theft from or physical abuse of patients
• Stealing, selling or using drugs
• Theft of equipment, food or supplies

Hotel and Motel Staff
• Failing to ring-up room bookings and keeping the money
• Theft of guest property
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Offering or selling drugs or other illegal activities such as prostitution
• Theft of cash, food or supplies

Maintenance Personnel
• Corporate espionage
• Selling or using drugs
• Theft of equipment, food or supplies
• Sleeping on the job

Managers and Supervisors
• Fictitious employees
• Fictitious or inflated invoices
• Selling or using drugs
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Selling or using drugs
• Corporate espionage

Marketing and Public Relations Employees
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Fictitious or inflated invoices

Restaurant Employees
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Steal tips from other employees
• Theft of time and payroll
• Theft of food inventory Telecommuting Proposal-How Many Days a Week of Remote Work is Best?
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• Selling or using drugs

Bartenders
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Under or over-pour
• Hiding inventory discrepancies by putting water in liquor
• Theft of liquor and other merchandise
• Giving away liquor and merchandise
• Steal tips from other employees
• Selling or using drugs
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers

Computer Personnel
• Theft of data
• Software piracy and theft
• Erasing or causing damage to files with viruses
• Embezzlement techniques used to round off small amounts of money from accounts over a long period of time or to otherwise divert funds
• Stealing hardware such as drives or memory modules
• Unauthorized Internet activity

Drivers
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Theft of time and payroll while making unauthorized stops
• Stealing or shorting deliveries
• Stealing from the warehouse
• Selling or using drugs
• Unauthorized use of delivery vehicle (business and personal)
• Creating then selling delivery overages
• Unreported vehicle damage or moving citations

Executives and Corporate Professionals
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks

Gas Station and Convenience Store Personnel
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Selling or using drugs
• Falsify refunds and keeping the cash
• Theft of cash or merchandise
• Giving away merchandise
• Unauthorized discounts
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers

Hospital and Nursing-Home Personnel
• Theft from or physical abuse of patients
• Stealing, selling or using drugs
• Theft of equipment, food or supplies

Hotel and Motel Staff
• Failing to ring-up room bookings and keeping the money
• Theft of guest property
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Offering or selling drugs or other illegal activities such as prostitution
• Theft of cash, food or supplies

Maintenance Personnel
• Corporate espionage
• Selling or using drugs
• Theft of equipment, food or supplies
• Sleeping on the job

Managers and Supervisors
• Fictitious employees
• Fictitious or inflated invoices
• Selling or using drugs
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Selling or using drugs
• Corporate espionage

Marketing and Public Relations Employees
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Fictitious or inflated invoices

Restaurant Employees
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Steal tips from other employees
• Theft of time and payroll
• Theft of food inventory Collection Agencies; Not Just for Big Business
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Drivers
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Theft of time and payroll while making unauthorized stops
• Stealing or shorting deliveries
• Stealing from the warehouse
• Selling or using drugs
• Unauthorized use of delivery vehicle (business and personal)
• Creating then selling delivery overages
• Unreported vehicle damage or moving citations

Executives and Corporate Professionals
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks

Gas Station and Convenience Store Personnel
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Selling or using drugs
• Falsify refunds and keeping the cash
• Theft of cash or merchandise
• Giving away merchandise
• Unauthorized discounts
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers

Hospital and Nursing-Home Personnel
• Theft from or physical abuse of patients
• Stealing, selling or using drugs
• Theft of equipment, food or supplies

Hotel and Motel Staff
• Failing to ring-up room bookings and keeping the money
• Theft of guest property
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Offering or selling drugs or other illegal activities such as prostitution
• Theft of cash, food or supplies

Maintenance Personnel
• Corporate espionage
• Selling or using drugs
• Theft of equipment, food or supplies
• Sleeping on the job

Managers and Supervisors
• Fictitious employees
• Fictitious or inflated invoices
• Selling or using drugs
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Selling or using drugs
• Corporate espionage

Marketing and Public Relations Employees
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Fictitious or inflated invoices

Restaurant Employees
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Steal tips from other employees
• Theft of time and payroll
• Theft of food inventory Great Brands Depend On Attention To The Brand Architecture
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• Giving away merchandise
• Unauthorized discounts
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers

Hospital and Nursing-Home Personnel
• Theft from or physical abuse of patients
• Stealing, selling or using drugs
• Theft of equipment, food or supplies

Hotel and Motel Staff
• Failing to ring-up room bookings and keeping the money
• Theft of guest property
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Offering or selling drugs or other illegal activities such as prostitution
• Theft of cash, food or supplies

Maintenance Personnel
• Corporate espionage
• Selling or using drugs
• Theft of equipment, food or supplies
• Sleeping on the job

Managers and Supervisors
• Fictitious employees
• Fictitious or inflated invoices
• Selling or using drugs
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Selling or using drugs
• Corporate espionage

Marketing and Public Relations Employees
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Fictitious or inflated invoices

Restaurant Employees
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Steal tips from other employees
• Theft of time and payroll
• Theft of food inventory What Are Your Marketing Decisions Based On?
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• Selling or using drugs
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Selling or using drugs
• Corporate espionage

Marketing and Public Relations Employees
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Falsify expense and mileage reports
• Conflict of interest situations resulting in kickbacks
• Theft from company
• Fictitious or inflated invoices

Restaurant Employees
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Steal tips from other employees
• Theft of time and payroll
• Theft of food inventory
• Falsifying refunds
• Under-ringing or unauthorized discounts

Sales Clerks
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Falsify time records
• Under-ringing or unauthorized discounts
• Theft of inventory
• Purposefully damages inventory or falsify damage records to keep items
• Falsify refunds and keeping the cash
• Theft of cash or merchandise
• Writing and cashing personal checks without sufficient funds to do so

Administrative and Clerical Associates
• Theft of data
• Software piracy and theft
• Erasing or causing damage to files with viruses
• Falsifying profit and productivity reports
• Corporate espionage
• Theft from petty cash
• Falsify time records

Cashiers
• Not ringing up sales and keeping the money
• Stealing and using customers' credit card numbers
• Overcharging customers and keeping the difference
• Falsify time records
• Under-ringing or unauthorized discounts
• Falsify refunds and keeping the cash
• Theft of cash and deposits

Warehouse Personnel
• Theft of inventory
• Purposefully damages inventory or falsify damage records to keep items
• Falsify time records
• Phony invoices or accounts

Security and Loss Prevention Staff
• Falsify reports and logs
• Sleeping on the clock
• Thefts from lost and found or other property areas
• Drugs or alcohol on duty
• Unauthorized use of force or customer abuses
• Accepting bribes
• Corporate espionage
• Withhold evidence

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