The Suspicious Withdrawal

Hannah calls the bank fraud department in London to report a strange transaction on her company's bank statement, speaking with bank officer Nicole while her colleague Ben listens in.

The Suspicious Withdrawal

True or false?

Hannah finds a strange transaction on her company's bank statement.

• True
• False

The suspicious payment was for forty-five pounds and ninety-nine pence.

• True
• False

Nicole confirms immediately that the card was stolen by a hacker.

• True
• False

Ben admits he used the company card for his personal music subscription.

• True
• False

The mystery payment turns out to be bank fraud.

• True
• False

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Hannah: Hi Nicole, I'm calling from Apex Logistics in London because I'm looking at our bank statement and I've spotted a very ____ transaction from yesterday.
• Nicole: Okay, let's look closer at this ____ . Is it possible that someone else in your office has access to the corporate card?
• Ben: Oh... wait. Now I remember. That's the cloud storage for my personal music production side project. I used the ____ by accident!
• Hannah: You used our company card for your personal music tunes at three in the morning? We're going to ____ immediately if you do that again!
• Nicole: So, it isn't bank fraud after all! It's just a classic case of a misplaced ____ in your internal budgeting, or rather, a misplaced card.

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