It's not necessarily defrauding, depends on if the person in question is paid hourly or salaried, and if salaried the expected work hours. An hourly employee (

It's not necessarily defrauding, depends on if the person in question is paid hourly or salaried, and if salaried the expected work hours. An hourly employee (several got fired at my last office for this, contractors who were not salaried) who shows up late in the morning and leaves early in the afternoon and claims an 8-hour day, yeah, that's defrauding. A salaried employee without a contractual requirement for 8-hours at their desk, then not fraud (maybe won't win them points with peers and supervisors, but not fraud).