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2009

June 26, 2009

Japanese Bankers Association

Results of the Survey on Illicit Deposit Withdrawals Released

JBA surveyed its members and associate members (187 banks) on “Withdrawals using stolen passbooks,” “Illegal withdrawals using Internet banking,” “Withdrawals using counterfeit cash cards” and other related topics, and released the findings on June 26.

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

Table 1: Illicit Deposit Withdrawals and Compensated Cases (January - March 2009)
	Illicit Deposit Withdrawals		Number of Compensated Cases, etc.
	Cases	Amount (million yen)	Cases for which Processing was Finalized	Compensated Cases	Compensation Rates
Stolen Passbooks	17	5	5	5	100%
Counterfeit Cash Cards	21	19	14	14	100%
Stolen Cash Cards	606	300	236	160	67.8%
Internet Banking	26	5	0	0	-

Table 2-1: Account Suspensions and Cancellations by Banks Due to Illegal Use (January - March 2009)
Suspended	Cancelled	Total
9,670	8,643 (8,407)	9,906

The figures in parentheses are the number of cancelled accounts which had previously been suspended.

Table 2-2: Number and Amount of Suspended or Cancelled Accounts that Remain Unsolved
(as of the end of March 2009)
	Number of Accounts	Amount(million yen)
Number and amount of accounts separately managed by banks after suspension or cancellation	195,740	10,003
Amount of accounts covered by the Law on Remedies for Remittance Solicitation Fraud	124,855	6,407
Accounts with amounts of less than 1,000 yen	(66,040)	(30)

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