Kiting

Kite (Kiting or Kite-Flying)
Kiting, also known informally as 'kite-flying', refers to the practice of creating false or fraudulent checks to leverage the time delay in bank processing. This term is also known as the discounting of an accommodation bill at a bank, with the knowledge that the person on whom it is drawn will dishonor it.
Kiting
Kiting is a fraudulent financial practice used to make the cash position of a company appear more favorable than it actually is by transferring funds between accounts just before the end of an accounting period.

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