18 million yen stolen via NTT Docomo's e-money service

About 18 million yen ($170,000) has been stolen from bank accounts linked to NTT Docomo Inc.'s e-money service since August, an executive of Japan's biggest mobile carrier said Thursday, prompting police to begin an investigation into a suspected scam.As of Thursday, 66 cases of unauthorized withdrawals from accounts at 11 banks connected to the e-money service had been confirmed, according to NTT Docomo."Our measures to check users' identities were insufficient," NTT Docomo Senior Executive Vice President Seiji Maruyama said at a press conference at its headquarters in Tokyo.The incidents …READ FULL ARTICLE