Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 21/05/09 03:37 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 03:37 AM Quote New Zealand couple flees after $7.8m bank blunderBy staff writersNEWS.com.auMay 21, 2009 09:10amNEW Zealand police are searching for a couple who have allegedly fled with millions of dollars that was accidently deposited into their account.The couple, Huan Di Zhang and Hui Gao, is understood to have received a $NZ10 million ($7.8 million) deposit after asking Westpac Bank for a $NZ10,000 overdraft, NZPA is reporting.The couple ran a service station in Rotorua, according to NZPA.The store shut down earlier this month after its operator, Heights Service Limited, went into receivership."The individuals associated with this account are believed to have left New Zealand and police (are) working through Interpol to locate those individuals," said Detective Senior Sergeant David Harvey of New Zealand Police."Westpac Bank has recovered some of the money which had been inappropriately withdrawn."He did not specific how much had been recovered and refused to confirm any other details about the case."At this time I am not prepared to disclose the amount of money involved, name the individuals or business involved, or discuss which country the individuals may be in right now."Banking Ombudsman Liz Brown told Rotorua's The Daily Post that technically it was a criminal offence for someone to spend money accidentally put into their bank account if they knew the money wasn't theirs.Ms Brown has been banking obudsman for 15 years and said she's only seen 10 to 20 cases of this nature. They were legally referred to as "payment by mistake".She was unable to recall how much money was involved in each case."There haven't been cases of millions of dollars but certainly ones where there have been several thousand dollars," she said.You might say they got fleeced... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosti NOT THERE!... THERE! Member 852 Member For: 17y 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/05/09 04:22 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 04:22 AM LOL, fargin' oath you'd be running.I considered doing this when the commbank had it's major hiccup earlier in the year (or was it late last year) and a couple of deposits in to my account were duplicated...I was going to just withdraw it and tell them I didn't realise I had extra and spent it all Not the most foolproof of plans, I realise. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erko Donating Members 1,079 Member For: 21y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/05/09 04:38 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 04:38 AM interesting. most people dont have the apparatus in place to move this kind of money . I am interested to know how much time elapsed between bank depositing and them realising.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB4C Member 328 Member For: 16y 3m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/05/09 04:44 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 04:44 AM Well Westpac is one of the more evil banks out there, guess they had it coming. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
our06t Mmmmm......BOOST Member 3,135 Member For: 18y 8d Gender: Male Location: central coast Posted 21/05/09 05:03 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 05:03 AM I would be GOOOOOOOOOONNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/05/09 06:25 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 06:25 AM id change my name and spend the rest of my life at Kittens....... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dule Donating Members 1,180 Member For: 18y 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/05/09 06:35 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 06:35 AM I would be goooone that's for sure, would never forgive myself if I didn't try lolWhat can the bank do if you withdraw it and say you spent it or something? What does the law say about these things?Obviously if it's few thousand they can make you pay it back but if it's millions kinda hard to make someone come up with that kinds cash. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB4C Member 328 Member For: 16y 3m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/05/09 08:25 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 08:25 AM dule said: but if it's millions kinda hard to make someone come up with that kinds cash.Bankruptcy + jail, if they caught you and you couldn't pay up. Sure the bank would have lost money, but your life would become a pain in arse. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 21/05/09 11:14 AM Author Share Posted 21/05/09 11:14 AM For 7.8 I'd put up with the pain.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 2m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/05/09 11:21 AM Share Posted 21/05/09 11:21 AM Google = Places that do not have an extradition treaty with New Zeland....Bahamas.....CEEYA"Spend the rest of your life" Thanks Westpac Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/57829-on-the-run-i-think-i-would-too/#findComment-879599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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