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check kiting  

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  • Check kiting is a type of fraud that involves the circulation of worthless checks between two or more financial institutions. This type of fraud is typically perpetrated on an array of financial institutions, including banks and credit unions, amounting to millions of dollars of losses annually. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Check Kiting]

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