According to the ministry, the frozen accounts total $3.7 million.

If there is no such frozen account the author is of the view that the legislation would still be offended.

"I asked if I could have money out of my frozen account to pay for his funeral.

"Our accounts are in Pakistan, and we have received no notification from the government here about frozen accounts."

Earlier this month, the Governor enraged depositors by releasing the names of those holding more than $100,000 in frozen accounts.

Bank deposits and security holdings were moved into frozen accounts, from which funds could only be transferred abroad with the payment of high penalties.

The companies face fines of up to $1.5 million and the forfeiture of frozen accounts holding $6.2 million.

Switzerland has frozen accounts in its banks, about $618 million, that it suspects belonged in part to Abacha family members.

My bank has frozen accounts even with advance warning of my travel plans, and even if it does work, the fees are ridiculous.

In June 2007 the Swiss authority returned $34 million from frozen accounts to Taiwan, with additional funds pending.

By paying taxes and past bills, most large companies legally emptied their frozen accounts, which held the old currency, the cruzado novo.

The government will auction cruzeiros (the new currency which will replace the cruzado) for the savings in the frozen accounts.

The release of the monies in that frozen account occurred when the trust used monies to repay the loan it took from the bank.

Cuba's position is that the funds in the frozen account should be turned over in order to reach an agreement, Mr. Ponce said.

Officials at the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, said the World Bank has more than $450,000 in a frozen account.

If your house was seized and Aryanized, Mr. Templ said, the new owner had to pay a small amount to a frozen account in your name.

Federal investigators said that the frozen accounts were linked to Eduardo Martinez Romero, the reputed financial leader of the Medillin cartel.

With 3 percent interest, the committee found the state liable for $23 million in frozen accounts under its custodianship and the banks were responsible for a further $8.5 million.

Some Have No Guarantees Under Mr. Sundlun's payout plan, depositors with up to $100,000 in frozen accounts are supposed to get back all their money.

The Council was also to consider the possibility of placing the money in Gaddafi's frozen accounts in the US under rebel control to help them purchase weapons.

But several companies in Switzerland have been crippled by the inquiry because of the frozen accounts and business records confiscated by Swiss authorities in raids earlier this year.

Administration officials said today that 66 other nations have frozen accounts on the suspect list generated by the United States, and that 110 others have pledged to move in that direction.

So far, officials said, at least two banks have frozen accounts of people with names that are similar to those on the government lists, but who apparently have no other connection to the case.

Arlene Violet, a former State Attorney General who is host of a radio talk show in East Providence, said her callers have become increasingly frantic about their frozen accounts.