Man loses C&P Phantom Withdrawal case

[Charles Lindsey]

On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:55:21 +0100, James Firth <james2 at jfirth.net> wrote:

>> ... I'm amazed that every
> ATM
> is not today fitted with a camera to take some sort of image of every  
> user.

> And I'll add a possible answer to my own question.
>
> Is it because images of criminals are actually of limited use in  
> preventing
> crime? The clearest use of such images would be to clear legitimate
> cardholders of fraud and thereby could actually increase the amount of  
> money
> banks have to pay out in compensation.

AIUI, some banks actually do this, on the grounds that it enables them to  
prove to the card holder that they had indeed used it themselves (or their  
spouse/child/next-door-neighbour), this saving the hassle of court cases  
like the one under discussion.

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