Donna Holbrook, an administrative assistant at Mason Enterprises, charged some office supplies to the company credit card. Several weeks later, she attached the store receipt from the purchase to an expense report and requested reimbursement from the company. This is an example of which type of expense reimbursement scheme?
A) Overstated expense
B) Multiple reimbursement
C) Mischaracterized expense
D) Over-purchased reimbursement

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This is an example of a multiple reimbursement scheme, where an employee seeks to be reimbursed more than once for the same expense. In this case, Donna Holbrook first charges the office supplies to the company credit card (which the company will pay for) and then submits the same expense for reimbursement, attempting to receive payment for the expense a second time.

Donna Holbrook, an Administrative Assistant at Mason Enterprises, Charged Some