Meta fired about two dozen staffers in Los Angeles who were abusing the company's program of providing $25 meal vouchers for use in the office, according to a new report.

An estimated 20 to 30 employees were fired after it was discovered that they were using their stipends for personal purchases.

Meta fired around two dozen employees from its Los Angeles office for misusing company meal credits for things like laundry detergent, wine glasses and acne treatment pads, a source familiar with the company confirmed to CNN.

Meta staff are given $25 (£19) for lunch, $20 for breakfast, and $25 for dinner in vouchers which are meant to be used for ordering food from Grubhub, the US name for takeaway website Just Eat. Posts on anonymous work social message board Blind appear to confirm elements of the story, originally reported by the Financial Times.

Meta (META), the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, fired over 20 employees last week for abusing the company’s food credit system to buy household items.

Meta (NASDAQ:META) has terminated about two dozen staff in its Los Angeles office for using their $25 meal credits to buy household items, The Financial Times reported on Thursday. The report said the employees were laid off last week just days before the social media giant separately began restructuring certain teams across WhatsApp,