February 5, 2006
Newsday:The Co-Op Network has seen ATM fraud balloon since 2003. Chargebacks - credits to customers for disputed charges - increased from 42 percent of customer credits in 2003 to 88 percent during the last quarter of 2005. Most of that increase related to checking-account debit charges that required only a signature, said James Hanisch, executive vice president of operations for the Ontario, Calif.-based network.