Fraud

Intentional deception for financial gain, including falsifying information on a financial statement.

The personal version runs the same way: rounding income upward on an apartment application or a car loan is a shaded financial report, and lenders call it fraud too.

Often confused with

Misuse of Funds
Fraud deceives a reader about the numbers; misuse of funds spends money in a way that was never authorized.

Taught in

See also

3.9.A.1 · 3.9.B.1