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Couple withdraws money, flees after bank error puts $6 million in their account

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Police are looking for a New Zealand couple who disappeared after a bank mistakenly put 10 million New Zealand dollars ($6.1 million) into their account.

The couple, who ran a gas station in the northern city of Rotorua, applied to Westpac Bank for a NZ$10,000 ($6,000) overdraft and had 1000 times that amount paid into their account. The two then withdrew some of the money and disappeared, Detective Senior Sgt. David Harvey said.

Harvey said Interpol has been contacted for help, suggesting authorities believe they may have fled abroad with the cash.

"We are currently conducting an investigation into the individuals that may have been involved in the withdrawal of that money," Harvey said.

Westpac Bank said in a statement it was "pursing vigorous criminal and civil action to recover the sum of money stolen," but declined further comment.

Massey University banking lecturer Claire Matthews said the "lucky" recipients likely would not get away with the cash.

"They've effectively, I guess, become thieves — but it is only going to be a matter of time" before they are found, she told the NewstalkZB radio network.

The pair would be hard pressed to argue they honestly believed they were entitled to such a huge sum of money, she added.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090521/...d_bank_blunder

Damn, I wish i could jus look in my bank account and find 10 mil. If i were them id get outta Newzealand.... fast.

fuk for 6 mil, i'd give up my canadian citizenship haha

No way, my citizenship is worth way more then that to me!

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Originally Posted by J____ (Post 6431261)

fuk for 6 mil, i'd give up my canadian citizenship haha

where u gonna live...with rednecks? lol

They'll probably argue that they didn't flee and that they were merely on an impromptu vacation.

finders keepers
thats the law

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Originally Posted by urrh (Post 6431375)

finders keepers
thats the law

exactly

that's why when the popo find them, the popo will also keep them for life

id be changing my identity and moving south of the border or somewhere tropical with that cash its basically like winning a lottery

With that money it can't be impossible to buy new identities

I'm wondering exactly how much they withdrew before they fled. I highly doubt they were able to withdraw the entire $6M and take it with them... probably a very small portion of that.

6 million? How the hell would you carry that around? Maybe they got a certified cheque or bank draft at the bank before they noticed the error?

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...s/1Million.jpg

thats 1 mill right there ^^^^

6 mill in cash isnt hard to hide haha il take that in my LV duffel

Swiss bank account and live in the Caribbean. Set for life.

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Originally Posted by taylor192 (Post 6431623)

Swiss bank account and live in the Caribbean. Set for life.

^ + buy a new identity with the money = win!

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Originally Posted by AVS_Racing (Post 6431614)

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...s/1Million.jpg

thats 1 mill right there ^^^^

6 mill in cash isnt hard to hide haha il take that in my LV duffel

But what bank has 6 mill cash on hand?

that i dunno haha. but then technically it should be the banks fault cuz clearly its their mistake. like a store if they put wrong price tag on u get it for the cheaper price

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Originally Posted by AVS_Racing (Post 6431671)

that i dunno haha. but then technically it should be the banks fault cuz clearly its their mistake. like a store if they put wrong price tag on u get it for the cheaper price

The store does not have to sell it to you for the lower price.

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Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 6431660)

But what bank has 6 mill cash on hand?

Yeah, you can't just show up and withdraw that much in cash. I had to call ahead to withdraw just $5k. On top of that, a suitcase full of money won't make it through an airport/customs very easily.

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Originally Posted by urrh (Post 6431375)

finders keepers
thats the law

thats not the law,
you only have possession of the "good", but not the title of the good.
you are only in a bailment situation

actually its just under 7 mill CAD. it was on the news about an hr ago.

I'd dig a hole & bury the money

like the others say. swiss bank account or Cayman Islands bank. leave canada forever. fly my friends over, first class, if i get lonely

but seriously, what can they do? throw you in minimum security prison for a few years? (if u get caught) when you're out you're ballin'!

shit i could do that too!