Lapping is a fraudulent accounting practice in which an employee conceals a shortage of cash by delaying the recording of cash receipts, often involving the use of subsequent receipts to cover earlier thefts.
Teeming and lading, often seen as just 'teeming and lading,' is an accounting fraud method where receipts or payments are delayed in recording to cover up cash shortages caused by theft or employee fraud.
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