Amanda Jackson loved reading obituaries. She was retired, but she had worked many bookkeeping jobs in her day and had made herself an expert in creating false invoices and opening bank accounts for fake companies. The scam was easy. When someone dies, the whole family is in grief, and one of the family members must clean up the deceased person’s paperwork, close out accounts, pay the last bills, etc. If the now deceased person had ordered a pricey box set of classical music CDs, or had his ventilation system cleaned out, or even gotten therapeutic massages, who would bother questioning the bill? Sometimes the families of the deceased person paid Amanda’s fake bills, and sometimes they didn’t, but nobody ever looked any further. Yes, Amanda Jackson loved reading obituaries.
Requirements
1. Although this fraud pertains to individuals, how do businesses make sure they do not pay fake invoices?
2. If a person dies, is anyone liable for paying the remaining bills of the deceased?