JBA surveyed its members and associate members (186 banks) on “Illicit deposit withdrawals using counterfeit cash cards,” “Illicit deposit withdrawals using Internet banking,” and other related topics, and released the findings on September 25.
An overview of the findings is described in the tables below.
Table 1: Illicit Deposit Withdrawals and Compensated Cases (April – June 2009)
| Illicit Deposit Withdrawals | Number of Compensated Cases, etc. |
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| Cases | Amount (million yen) | Cases for which Processing Was Finalized | Compensated Cases | Compensation Rates |
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| Stolen Passbooks | 19 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 100% |
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| Counterfeit Cash Cards | 26 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 100% |
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| Stolen Cash Cards | 653 | 323 | 244 | 168 | 68.9% |
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| Internet Banking | 13 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 90.9% |
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Table 2-1: Account Suspensions and Cancellations by Banks Due to Illegal Use (April – June 2009)| Suspended | Cancelled | Total |
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| 9,502 | 8,402 (8,193) | 9,711 |
- 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 June 2009)
| Number of Accounts | Amount(million yen) |
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| Number and amount of accounts separately managed by banks after suspension or cancellation | 185,103 | 8,616 |
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| Amount of accounts covered by the Law on Remedies for Remittance Solicitation Fraud | 111,187 | 5,278 |
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| Accounts with amounts of less than 1,000 yen | (55,755) | (25) |
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