Couple withdraws money, flees after bank error...What would YOU do ??

[Willie99]

meet you in Brazil

 

[Betallsports]

My wife read about this story and told me that the couple was Chinese and they withdrew a little more than half of the money then disappeared.

In all probability they already somewhere in China, and no one is going to get to them from New Zealand.

Yes, just saw this again on TV.
They say they have about 2.1 Million of the Money Left and is possible that they are in Hong Kong.

 

[Enfuego]

I had this happen to me about a year ago...although on a much smaller scale. It was during last summer right before the bash.

I went to an ATM to withdraw some money, and they always print your balance on your receipt. My balance was way higher than I expected it to be...by something like 15k. So I went inside and asked them to look up all recent deposits on the account. There was a huge cash deposit a day or two earlier, and I told them it wasn't mine. They looked into it, and it turned out the teller messed up one of the acct numbers when she entered it in. Jeez...you'd think for a deposit of that size, you'd triple check the entry if you're the clerk...

It's just not worth the hassle to try to keep the extra money. You'll get caught eventually.

This is certainly not a big deposit nor is it considered big as far as a bank is concerned. This is small time compared to some of the deposits they see regularly. Mistakes happen.

 

[bigtendominator]

How did they actually get the money. Wired it out?

 

[MIKEY.1TIME]

My wife read about this story and told me that the couple was Chinese and they withdrew a little more than half of the money then disappeared.

In all probability they already somewhere in China, and no one is going to get to them from New Zealand.

if thats the case they should know how to launder it....doh

 

[SportSavant]

curious how they got the money also, was it cash?

Doubt they can hide, even in China, Money wont last all that long in HONG KONG, one of the most expensive cities in the world

 

[Betallsports]

Here some more, but still not sure how they did it

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 1,000 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.



Makes it harder to Believe that the Bank couldn't catch the Mistake.
Withdrawing $2.1 Mil in Cash, is Not an Everyday thing.
They just don't keep that kind of Money around in the Bank. :think2:

 

[Rickey-B-Rickey]

Should give them enough money to head for Macau and Martingale some Baccarat.

 

[Rickey-B-Rickey]

Also. Sounds like an inside job.

 

[geeze]

The Chinese Godfather made them an offer they couldn't understand.

_T.S.