Can i get paid on someone' else behalf and expense it out ? is it legal

[tonykhoury]

My brother does contract work from Lebanon. His clients are engineering firms located in the states. The companies here are not sure on how to pay him in Lebanon. Can i get paid from his client and report that money as income and then expense out the same amount ? I will keep both receipts from both ends. 

Thank you in advance 

[Critter]

This is not a wise idea ... have him set up a US based account of his own to receive the payments.  How do you send him payments ?   Can the clients not do the same ? 

[DoninGA]

They never heard of bank to bank wire transfers?  Something smells fishy...