1.   The scandal represented the latest and most serious of a string of similar cases involving false deposit certificates.

2.   Among the measures, the banks will have to let customers withdraw money even if deposit certificates or bankbooks have been lost.

3.   Currently, holders of large deposit certificates can borrow money before the deposits mature, using the certificates as security.

4.   The banks will have to let customers withdraw money even if deposit certificates or bankbooks have been lost.

5.   The Marcos widow has said she will file a case against then-US ambassador Stephen Bosworth for the alleged disappearance of the gold deposit certificates.