I used to work at a nerdy type business (think board games, trading card games, etc) before quitting due to incompetent ownership.
The business was started by someone close to me (with immen$$$e help from family). So, this person and their fiancé are the “owners” (family still helps with a lot of business stuff).
One of my biggest frustrations among many was the amount of product they would take without paying for it.
New board game looks interesting? They’ll take one plus any and all expansions.
New TCG set comes out? If the big money cards are ones they needed for their decks, they’ll take them when opening cards for inventory/stock. Sometimes they’d take cards just because “I love that character!” Now, this wasn’t every set, but if they both need copies of a $50+ card, you can bet they’d be taking for themselves first.
My question is, is this considered fraud? They DO NOT pay for the products they take.