Originally Posted by
Brick
I too would like to hear from the OP regarding the specific circumstances. Playing shenanigans with expense reports and billing is just asking for trouble. Not saying that is the case here, but I can't think of any reasonable reasons to shield the fare for business travel from anyone.
A guy in my office (same office as above, but different guy) had more United miles than he knew what do do with. Sometimes he would book an expensive plane ticket, generate the receipt, and then cancel the trip instead using miles to book. He would then turn the original receipt in for reimbursement at the end of his trip. I never could say anything about it because this guy could make my life miserable if he wanted to...
The guy also committed tax evasion and caused your employer to file false tax returns.
What he did is a slight variation on what a bunch of NBA referees did. They were entitled to fly full F and paid for full F tickets. They would submit those for reimbursement, cancel the F tickets, rebook the cheapest Y they could find and then pocket the difference.
They went to federal prison.
The difference is, of course, income reportable by the referees.