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A guy did this to Google for years until he was caught.
He just sent fraudulent invoices to Google’s billing department for small amounts and they just paid them on sight without thinking about it.
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706715377/man-pleads-guilty-to-phishing-scheme-that-fleeced-facebook-google-of-100-million
That reminds me of the premise of the movie office space. But somehow it's funnier that it's less sneaky, more overt.
that guy had to have had some kind of addiction he was constantly paying for... every opportunity to quit while he was ahead and he just kept going until he got caught