Vicky Rogers works in the accounts payable department at HDU, Inc. When checks are returned to the company for incorrect vendor addresses, she is supposed to research them, correct them, and then forward them to the proper address. Instead, Rogers decided to convert some of the returned checks for her own use. Based on the information provided, what type of check tampering scheme is this likely to be?
A) Forged maker
B) Authorized maker
C) Concealed check
D) Forged endorsement

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This scenario describes an Authorized Maker scheme, where an employee with the authority to write checks misuses that authority to embezzle funds. Vicky Rogers, who has the responsibility to correct and forward returned checks, instead diverts them for her own use, fitting the profile of an authorized maker fraud.

Vicky Rogers Works in the Accounts Payable Department at HDU