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Fri, 03 Sep 2010
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Bank-mistake millionaires have split up
Wellington (May 26, 2009) : A runaway New Zealand couple who fled the country with millions of dollars thanks to a bank's mistake appear to have split up, police said on Tuesday.
A woman who flew home on Monday after being with the pair told police that Kara Mary Jo Hurring, 30, was still in Hongkong where they went from New Zealand, but she did not know where her boyfriend, Leo Gao, 29, had gone.
Although police did not name the woman, but she was widely reported to be the female fugitive's sister, Aroha Hurring, 22, who was interviewed for hours by police but not charged.
Detective David Harvey said police were still working on a formal request to the Chinese government to arrest Gao, who left the country with 3.8 million New Zealand dollars (2.3 million US dollars) belonging to the Westpac Bank.
He repeated a call to the couple to return home and face the music.
The bank mistakenly gave Gao, part owner of a struggling auto service station in Rotorua, access to 10 million New Zealand dollars when it was formalising a temporary overdraft of 100,000 dollars.
He tried to withdraw 6.7 million dollars but the bank blocked access to 2.9 million, leaving him with 3.8 million.
The pair's escapade has captured headlines around the world with people divided between those who say it was the bank's fault and they should keep the money and others who say they will never get away with it. - dpa
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Updated: 03:25PM Tue, 26 May 2009
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