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Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 20 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Dave said he entered the company card himself to buy Robux for his son, and it then sat saved on the Google account that also carries his work email, calendar, and files. Dave did not say why he used the company card for that purchase.

Well I don’t have much sympathy here. He used the company card to buy his son Robux. There was no reason to do this, he should have used his personal card. So maybe he thought he could skim a little money off the top for personal use and it ended up biting him in the ass.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Roblox keeps the kid occupied and thus makes dad more efficient at his job. It's a legit expense.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I was thinking the same thing... At my job if you have a company card, you have to explain ever cent spent on it every month at a minimum. How did he not have a difficult conversation with someone when he bought fucking Robux on the company card??

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

At my company the direct manager approves the detail - although if the total looks reasonable for the assignment they don't scrutinize individual expenses - then above that there are automated flagging checks only. If mixed in with legit expenses, and the description or vendor type or whatever didn't trigger the automated flagging, $20 for something inappropriate would never be caught.