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false invoice

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

an invoice that does not relate to a real sale or payment and is used to get money dishonestly: They submitted false invoices for work that was never carried out.
false invoicing noun [U] the practice of producing false invoices in order to get money dishonestly: Police were called to the company's offices to look into allegations of false invoicing.
(Definition of false invoice noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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