Ten million dollars in your account?

[barty5]

transfer it to another bank and let it collect interest while they sort it out then give it back.

[hayd3n]

Simply having access to cash doesn't give you the right to take it and spend it.

If someone puts a $20 note on a table and turns their back on it, taking it and buggering off is theft.

Same deal if someone deposits money to the wrong account number, or deposits the wrong amount to the right account. The fact that an error on their part gave you access to the money doesn't give you any legal or moral right to use it.

To be honest, I'm surprised that anyone could consider rationalising the situation any other way.

I suppose that greed is almost as much a defining human characteristic as stupidity. There's certainly a fair bit of both on display in this thread.

but they put it in my wallet officer

[Drunken Monkey]

With that kind of money, you couldn't just walk into a branch and withdraw it. If you transfer it electronically then there is an electronic finger print of where it went and the account WILL be watch for the next activity.
Put into the mix that to leave the country, unless your the 'jackel' with false passports stashed away, you again can be traced.
I'll give them a week before they are behind bars.
Try reading the small print of the contract you sign with the bank. Misuse of the account ( and withdrawing money that you know is not yours IS misuse) is an offence.

Yes, but people you need to think outside the square. There are many ways to stop the money trail dead, e.g. quickly use the money to purchase high denomination bearer bonds. Take the paper bonds with you when you skip country. Move to a country which has no extradition or similar agreements with NZ. There are plenty of places you can move to to escape legal recourse, many people do this daily. You just have to make sure you never come back.

That's if you actually want to steal it.

[JimO]

its not yours, taking it is theft, go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200

[LBD]

The 10Mil story just made CNN news on the tube in Kyrgyzstan...

[monkeymcbean]

When i heard this story today i intially got rather excited as to what i would do, i mean I and most people would hand it back, but these people did what most people would not be prepared to do and do a runner. Whether thought through rationally or not you would have to make a quick decision, cut all your tyes to people and the country you know.
Me, i really like my country and 6 million would not make me happy enough to live in some other overcrowded country just so i can hid...you probably could hid in comfort though.
Plus i would like to say hi to my friends and family, you would have to cut them off as well, as someone would be watching for you to make contact. If your caught... which you would be one day... you would spend a long time in the 'clink' and that is less bike riding days.

But with all this dribble, i question myself as to what i would do, and it was exciting flirting with the idea of doing a runner.

[Owl]

I voted "Goody two shoes", as I've already fronted up to a bank with money not belonging to me. They were very grateful for my honesty (they also had no idea where the money had gone at that stage) and presented me with a watch at a later date.

Of course, I didn’t like watches, so I sold it for $5 and bought myself lunch.

[Swoop]

It would be kept in my bank account for as long as possible.
Interest would mount up fairly swiftly on that amount of L00t.

[steve_t]

I'd be waiting til they asked for it back and give it back meanwhile getting some interest which hopefully I could keep... but that's just me. If I was the guy that owned the petrol station and the business was going down the shitter and looking at bankruptcy I'd probably look to run off to a non-extradition country with the money if I could. Leaving family and friends behind would suck though. I guess you could pay for some of them to come visit you.
Money like that should be earned.... thru powerball or big wednesday

[been_there]

Take it out...go to the casino and bet half of it on black!!!

[Slyer]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...0573818&pnum=2
Well looks like they made it to China.

[Drunken Monkey]

The bank certainly doesn't need any sympathy, just ask anyone who's deposited any amount, no matter how large or small, into someone else's account by mistake - the assistance you get is next to nothing. Some members on this site have first hand experience of this, I'm sure they read this new report with a wry smile.

[Skyryder]

The bank certainly doesn't need any sympathy, just ask anyone who's deposited any amount, no matter how large or small, into someone else's account by mistake - the assistance you get is next to nothing. Some members on this site have first hand experience of this, I'm sure they read this new report with a wry smile.

Westpac has been screwing its customers for years with over charging.

On this basis my sympathy goes to the indavidual who made the cock up not so much too the bank.

Mind you this in no way should indicate that the couple who 'stole' the money shuld not be prosecuted 'if' they can be bought back to NZ.

Press today suggests that they are Koreans so the chances of this happening might be a tad slim. Still I'm picking every triad will be gunning for them to get piece of the action. Karma is an Indian term what the asian equivelent??


Skyryder

[Indiana_Jones]

I'd give the money back.

They'll catch up with you in the end.

Who knows, the bank might be nice and give you a meal voucher, hope springs eternal lol

...........Unless you ran to Fiji, they won't kick you out if you bring 10 million into the country lol

-Indy

[Grahameeboy]

Was thinking...Power Companies are told that they knowingly screwed us on bills to the tune if $4billion but it's okay, they don't have to pay it back....so if the Bank mistakenly paid $10million into Sunny Chen's bank account why should he pay it back.Just a thought