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ad Petrol station owner accidentally given £3.4million in bank error gets four years after going on the run and spending it Hui 'Leo' Gao spent millions of
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dollars from his account after a bank error gave him £3.4mDubbed the accidental millionaire 'accidental millionaire'Along with girlfriend Kara Hurring, he fled from New Zealand to Hong KongAn international manhunt was done to find christine jiaxin lee themGao was jailed for four years and seven months todayHurring was sentenced to nine months home detention for her lesser role in the crime By Alex Ward Published: 17:08 GMT, 24 http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/24/world/asia/new-zealand-accidental-millionaire-sentenced/ August 2012 | Updated: 17:08 GMT, 24 August 2012 7 View comments A petrol station owner has been sentenced to four years and seven months in jail after going on the run when a bank error mistakenly transferred £3.4 million into his account.Dubbed the ‘accidental millionaire’, Hui ‘Leo’ Gao, 32, triggered an international manhunt after he fled New Zealand with his girlfriend Kara Hurring, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193145/Accidental-millionaire-given-3-4m-bank-error-caught-international-fugitive.html transferring the mistaken money into overseas bank accounts and spending it abroad.Hurring, 33, was sentenced to nine months of home detention for her role in the crime which was ‘significantly less’ and because she needed to look after the couple’s two children. 'Accidental millionaire': Hui 'Leo' Gao went on the run after transferring £3.4 million into overseas bank accounts when a bank error gave him access to the money Gao’s lawyer Ron Mansfield said his client could not resist the temptation of such a large amount of money.He said: ‘Your Honour, some say the greatest temptation was faced by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden but these are modern times for a man trying to keep the doors of his small business open, $10 million (£5.13 million) placed in his bank account was a very great temptation.’ RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 2 Next Now banks face probe into the millions lost by slip of a finger in online transfers 'My £7,000 just vanished': How a slip of a finger could cost your life savings Increasing numbers committing mortgage fraud by lying about their finances as lenders get t
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the UK edition switch to the US edition switch to the AU edition International switch to the UK edition switch to the US edition switch to the Australia edition The Guardian home › world europe US americas asia australia africa middle east cities development home UK world selected sport football opinion culture business lifestyle fashion environment tech travel browse all sections close New Zealand New Zealand couple flee after finding £4m in their bank account • Pair flee Bay of Plenty with massive overpayment • Interpol fears they may be in China or South Korea The pair fled the Bay of Plenty, which attracts tourists with its scenery, geysers and mud pools. Photograph: Chris McLennan/Alamy Justin McCurry Thursday 21 May 2009 20.44 BST Last modified on Monday 28 December 2009 14.54 GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger This article is 7 years old The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Saturday 23 May 2009. This article and picture described Rotorua as a tourist city on New Zealand's north island "overlooking ... the Bay of Plenty". Rotorua may lie in the Bay of Plenty area, but is 30 miles inland and does not overlook the coast. The bay area our photo showed is near the city of Tauranga, where contrary to the caption geysers are little seen. It might be time to end our cynicism towards cheery slogans peddled by the world's commercial banks. A couple from New Zealand, for example, now have every reason to believe their local bank's motto: making the most of life. The pair, named in media reports as Leo Gao and Cara Young, could hardly believe their luck when they checked their account at Westpac bank on 5 May, hoping to find their request for a NZ$10,900 (£4,000) overdraft had been accepted. Instead, the bank had deposited 1,000 times that amount: NZ$10m, or around £4m. With so many borrowers around the world constantly being told "no" by their creditors, here, finally, was a bank that liked to say "yes". Last night the accidental millionaires from Rotorua, a tourist city on the north island overlooking, appropriately enough, the Bay of Plenty, are on an Interpol wanted list after fleeing with the bulk of their windfall two weeks ago. While their whereabouts remains a mystery, local reports speculated they may have fled to China or South Korea after transferring as much as NZ$6m to an offshore account. The local newspaper, the Rotorua Review, said a police official