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The following actual fraud occurred in a communications company. What Ruth Mishkin did in her spare time didn't concern the Boca Raton, Florida, public relations firm where she worked very much. $"$We thought she was just playing cards with the girls, $",$ says Ray Biagiotti, president of Communications Group, the firm that had employed her for nine years. She had become such a trusted employee that her bosses had put her in charge of paying bills, balancing bank accounts, and handling other cash management chores. They didn't realize their mistake until Ruth took a sick leave, and they discovered she had been pocketing company funds for years. The money had helped stoke a gambling habit that took the $60-$year$-$old widow on junkets to casinos in the Bahamas, Monte Carlo, and Las Vegas. In all, the company claims she stole about $$320,000.$ Ruth pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft and four counts of check forgery. She was placed on $10$ years' probation and ordered to attend meetings of a chapter of Gamblers Anonymous, the national selfhelp group.

Ruth's gambling addiction created a perceived opportunity for her to commit fraud.

a$.$ True

b$.$ False