New Zealand hunts for couple who became accidental millionaires

In what is supposed to be a costly error by New Zealand's Westpac Bank, a person accidentally became a millionaire after inappropriately withdrawing millions in a day in Wellington.

A customer asked his Westpac Bank to give him an overdraft for 10,000 New Zealand dollars and in an admitted blunder, the Westpac Bank gave him overdraft facility for 10 million dollars.

The customer tried to pocket in 6.7 million dollars but Westpac Bank could recover 2.8 million dollars that makes him swindle away 3.9 million New Zealand dollars out of the country. Both bank and New Zealand police are clueless about the identity of the customer.

However, according to police sources, the customer was believed to have fled with his girlfriend to Hong Kong.

The Interpol has been put on alert and the New Zealand police are inquiring the Hong Kong and Beijing police of any emigration suspects. According to Detective although they have some doubt on one Leo Gao who owns auto servicing station in Rotorua which is now in receivership with a woman who is supposedly the man’s girlfriend, one Kara Young, as the couple who must have fled out of the country with the money.

Westpac Bank is pursuing on taking a serious criminal and civil action to recover all the inappropriately withdrawn money.