{"id":22841,"date":"2019-01-02T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gofleet.com\/?p=22841"},"modified":"2023-12-10T01:04:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T06:04:02","slug":"fuel-card-integration-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofleet.com\/fuel-card-integration-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Card Integration Reduces Fuel Card Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"
John\u2019s company uses fuel cards. Fuel cards are convenient because employees like John can buy fuel with company money. However, more importantly for John, he occasionally uses his company card to buy fuel for his personal car. In other words, John is committing a rather common offense called fuel card fraud.<\/p>\n
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John might point out that he\u2019s only taking a few dollars here and there.<\/p>\n
That being mentioned, businesses lose tons of money because of people like John. In particular, there are two big costs.<\/p>\n
Fuel slippage.<\/strong> Firstly, fuel theft leads to higher fuel costs. Businesses might employ several \u201cJohns\u201d. Altogether, fuel theft losses add up.<\/p>\n Accounting resources.<\/strong> Secondly, fuel card fraud has hidden accounting costs. A lot of businesses try fighting against fuel card fraud by auditing fuel purchases. However, in order to audit purchases, businesses spend time and money.<\/p>\n Nowadays, many businesses are avoiding fuel card fraud by automating fuel purchase auditing. One of those companies is Entergy, a publicly listed energy company.<\/p>\nUsing Fuel Card Integration to Reduce Fraud<\/h2>\n