TOKYO (Kyodo) -- About 18 million yen ($170,000) has been stolen from bank accounts linked to NTT Docomo Inc.'s e-money service, 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.
