If my employer asked me to enter data that was not correct and they were caught and charged with illegal activity, could I be charged too?
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If my employer asked me to enter data that was not correct and they were caught and charged with illegal activity, could I be charged too?
I am an auditor. I am being asked by my new boss at the hotel to enter financial data that is not correct. I’m wondering what my liability is if I do this for my job. If they were charged with fraud or embezzlement could I be charged too?
Asked on July 4, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Iowa
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If you were solely asked to enter data into the presumed computer system at your place of employment and you did not verify the data and had no idea that the data was false, then under the law you had no intent to anything criminally wrong. You were simply doing your job based upon directions of your supervisor.
As such, the chances that you would be accused of any wrongdoing seems remote from what you have written with respect to your question.
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