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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 dollars from his account after a bank error gave him £3.4mDubbed
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the 'accidental millionaire'Along with girlfriend Kara Hurring, he fled from New Zealand to Hong if the bank makes a mistake can i keep the money KongAn international manhunt was done to find themGao was jailed for four years and seven months todayHurring was sentenced to nine months home accidental millionaire detention for her lesser role in the crime By Alex Ward Published: 17:08 GMT, 24 August 2012 | Updated: 17:08 GMT, 24 August 2012 7 View comments A petrol station owner has been sentenced to four years http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/24/world/asia/new-zealand-accidental-millionaire-sentenced/ 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, 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 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193145/Accidental-millionaire-given-3-4m-bank-error-caught-international-fugitive.html 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 tough Share this article Share Mr Mansfield also said his client had no premeditation and had not used any fraudulent means to steal the money.The offence started when Australian bank Westpac accidentally gave Gao access to £5.1 million when he applied for overdraft financing for his business which he owned with his mother in Rotorua, New Zealand.The bank approved his overdraft application with a £51,300 limit
missing after $10m bank bungle Last updated 17:52 21/05/2009 Rotorua Review SHUTTING UP SHOP: Petrol tanks being removed from BP Barnetts a few weeks ago. The station's owners are being sought after $10m was mistakenly lodged in their bank account. The station has since closed and the couple http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2428243/Couple-missing-after-10m-bank-bungle are thought to have fled New Zealand. Multi-million dollar mistake Relevant offers Crime Man critical after hit and run incident during pub brawl in Whanganui Man charged with grievous bodily harm Killer Clown Fiend loses appeal on gun http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11634317 and robbery convictions Charges laid after road rage incident leads to a fight in downtown Wellington Trio convicted of Oamaru murder fail in appeal bid New Zealand national game in crisis? The public's view The thin blue line bank accidentally is too thin, says Police Association Tribal Huk: P dealers have been hammered out of Ngaruawahia, gang president says Vigilante fears as tyres slashed near Wellington Airport Gable Tostee: How an Instagramming juror nearly jeopardised trial over Warriena Wright's death An Asian couple understood to have fled New Zealand after a banking error involving millions of dollars, may be in China. A Rotorua Review source today confirmed that a police liaison officer was sent to China to bank accidentally deposits search for the couple after $10 million was deposited into their bank account. It is understood that the sum of money involved is $6m, with $4m having already been recovered. When asked by the Review whether he could confirm the China link, Detective Sergeant David Harvey said: "I'm not prepared to offer any comment at this stage." The couple, who ran Rotorua service station BP Barnetts, are understood to have applied to Westpac Bank for a $10,000 overdraft and mistakenly had $10 million paid into their account. Westpac media relations manager Craig Dowling would not comment on the specifics of the case due the police investigation and court actions requiring confidentiality. "I can say that Westpac is pursuing vigorous criminal and civil action to recover a sum of money stolen," he said, adding that the incident had prompted a review of how it had occurred. Mr Dowling said that both civil and criminal actions were being pursued. Police had asked international police liaison organisation Interpol to help find the couple. BP Barnetts closed its doors earlier this month after its operator, Heights Service Limited, went into receivership. The service station, at the intersection of Otonga, Old Taupo and Devon roads, was owned by Huan Di Zhang and Hui Gao. The pair was listed at a West Harbour, Auckland address. Rotorua’s The Daily Post newspaper reported that the co
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