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million overdraft By court reporter Karl Hoerr Updated May 05, 2016 18:59:11 Photo: Christine Jiaxin Lee was arrested at Sydney Airport before she boarded a flight to Malaysia. (AAP/Facebook)
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Photo: Christine Lee was granted bail on the condition she report christine jiaxin lee to police twice a day. (Supplied: Vincent de Gouw) Map: Sydney 2000 A chemical engineering student spent millions
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of dollars on handbags and luxury goods after a bank gave her the money by mistake, a Sydney court has heard.Christine Jiaxin Lee, 21, was arrested at Sydney Airport on http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193145/Accidental-millionaire-given-3-4m-bank-error-caught-international-fugitive.html Wednesday night and appeared in Waverley Local Court on Thursday.The court heard she was trying to board a flight to Malaysia using an emergency Malaysian passport.According to the police prosecutor, the money was accessed through an overdraft facility, mistakenly attached to a Westpac savings account.It is alleged Lee obtained $4.6 million fraudulently, $3.3 million of which has not been recovered.The http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-05/woman-arrested-at-sydney-airport-over-alleged-fraud/7385482 money was spent on luxury goods including handbags.In addition to a charge of obtaining financial advantage by deception, she was also charged with knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime.It's money we all dream about: magistrateMagistrate Lisa Stapleton appeared to suggest the second charge might be more difficult to prove."It's not proceeds of crime, it's money we all dream about," Ms Stapleton said.The court heard Lee had completed three years of a chemical engineering degree and had deferred her fourth year of study.She has been living in Australia for the past five years and in March, a warrant was issued for her arrest.Her boyfriend offered $1,000 in surety and agreed that she could live with him.Her Malaysian passport has already been seized.Ms Stapleton agreed to grant the woman bail on a number of conditions, including that she report to police twice a day.The case will return to court at the Downing Centre on June 21.Spending the money is a crime: policeSydney City Police Detective Inspector Sean Heaney said if members of the public found money in their
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