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No, that's human error. Especially if the billing service approved it.
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Probably not but they definitely will be required to pay the bill.
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Yes. It is only fraud if the person who charged the bill knew the account was closed. Otherwise the mens rea of fraud would be missing. However, the fact that the billing service approved the card or not is irrelevant to the question of whether the person who billed committed fraud.
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