Damage from Aeon Card Fraud in Japan Reaches 9.9 B. Yen

Damage from Aeon Card Fraud in Japan Reaches 9.9 B. Yen

   Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Aeon Financial Service Co. said Thursday that the total amount of damage from illicit transactions that took advantage of an offline payment function of its Aeon Card credit card reached 9.9 billion yen.
   Such fraudulent transactions have been on the rise since last spring, affecting several tens of thousands of Aeon Card users, according to the financial arm of retail giant Aeon Co.

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