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March 31, 2009
Japanese Bankers Association

Results of the Survey on Illicit Deposit Withdrawals Released

JBA surveyed its members and associate members (189 banks) on “Withdrawals using counterfeit cash cards,” “Illegal withdrawals using Internet banking” and other related topics, and released the findings on March 31.

An overview of the findings is described in the tables below.

Table 1: Illicit Deposit Withdrawals and Compensated Cases (July – September 2008)

Illicit Deposit Withdrawals Number of Compensated Cases, etc.
Cases Amount (million yen) Cases for which Processing was Finalized Of which, Compensated Cases Compensation Rates
Stolen Passbooks 30 16 18 16 88.9%
Counterfeit Cash Cards 55 20 48 48 100%
Stolen Cash Cards 684 309 311 255 82.0%
Internet Banking 30 8 3 2 66.7%

 

Table 2-1: Account Suspensions and Cancellations by Banks Due to Illegal Use (July – September 2008)
(unit: cases)
Suspended Cancelled Total
10,724 10,804 (10,049) 11,479

Note: The figures in parentheses are the number of cancelled accounts which had previously been suspended (including the abovementioned period).

 

Table 2-2: Number and Amount of Suspended or Cancelled Accounts that Remain Unsolved
(as of the end of September 2008)

Number of Accounts Amount(million yen)
Number and amount of accounts separately managed by banks after suspension or cancellation 212,827 10,948
Amount of accounts covered by the Law on Remedies for Remittance Solicitation Fraud 145,879 7,433
Accounts with amounts of less than 1,000 yen (86,428) (39)
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