Couple Flees, $6 Million Accidental Bank Deposit
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2009
- International authorities are searching for two New Zealanders whose bank mistakenly deposited $6.1 million into their account. The couple took some of the money and ran. (May 21)
"The bank considers it stolen" The couple clearly considered it a gift.
I would too.
I consider alot of things too....
I would have charged a 15% return fee on giving the money back. Or, bank error in your favor, monopoly rules!
What is it they say about possession being 9/10ths of the law?
@@donjuan3912
...and you wouldn't collect a penny of your return fee. Keep the money and you'll go to jail.......The law rules
11 years later we're here hoping they're still free and happy
LOL
He got 4 years 7 months jail, she got 9 months home detention.
@@magpiefrogfrom2556 Sexism at it's finest.
@@Wintercourse yup
I only wish I could do the same.
I love the double standards - I accidentally sent someone 2k through my bank once and all they said was “tough luck, be more careful”
Rules for thee but not for me!
@@Matterian
Lol I was about to comment the EXACT same thing 🤣👍
Well played.
@@fredsanford1437 sorry bro...didn't mean to steal your thunder! LOL
@@Matterian
Hey you got there first 🤪
Have a beautiful day!
@@Matterian
Hey you got there first 🤪
Have a beautiful day!
You know what. I accidentally wired a former client $2,000 (funny someone below me said the same thing). They both had similar names. The 'former client,' never answered my messages, or returned the money, and the bank said it was my fault and did absolutely nothing. High-five to those two New Zealanders. What comes around goes around.
Boss, fraud makes the world go around. It's 'wealth re-distribution.' it's less trouble for me to write it off, than try to get it back.
the bank was clearly right
Like I asked that person, did you goafter the person you sent it to?
Bank made the mistake, we all pay for our mistakes just as they sld .
Might not be the bank's money though.
It's pretty ballsy to be able to just take a random opportunity and run away to start a new life. I can respect that.
sorry but if i see millions of dollars put into my bank account “by accident” i’m going to withdraw said money “by accident” ✌🏼
Haha same here.
Without thinking twice!🤣🤣🤣🤣✌️
Me too! Who wouldn’t!!??
Agreed
And accidently book a 1 way ticket out of the country.
Monopoly: Bank error in your favor; collect $200 dollars
Real life bank: We messed up but you're the thief.
It depends on what you believe is honesty
Not the banks money though.
I once had a bank charge me $7.00 a day for ever day I has overdrawn this was back in 2008 when a big bank bought out my bank at the time. they moved me to a different type of account where i had a mandatory min. i was in my 20's no such think as a saving at that age. they closed my account when it reached -$700 I never payed it and will happily fight them today to not pay. So you put 6 mill in my account its gone as well am I im from the US so might just move to New Zeeland
@@jackh.4544 it's OBVIOUS you're from the US!
@@jrambo7495 Yes no surprise
11 years ago and pops in my recommended now? I hope their still out there living it up.
I hope year or two and they don't need to hide anymore for not being thief...
@@johnman8554 Here we are
I'm sorry but if the bank gives me a million dollar stimulus payment, I would leave the country too. BANKS FAULT!
1 million not enough to leave country
@@Prince-bd1vw depends on where you live and where you are planning on living. If you gotta have the best when it comes to everything then some might not be comfortable with it, but it's definitely enough. I moved to south east asia for 6 years and it cost me less then 5 grand so I'm pretty sure one could make due with a million.
I would withdrawn the money from my account place a big at the bank door telling them some how this was placed in my account and then leave the country
@@Prince-bd1vw a million dollars, you could live like a king in some countries bro
i will have your travel record and track u down
The man didn't steal it, the bank gave it to him. I'd leave too.
Why would you leave if it was given to you?
The bank did not give them anything. It was an accident. No legal right to that money.
and to quote President Trump, "You'd be in jail..."
its funny how its theft when the banks are allowed to print the money they accidently sent to their account so is it really theft when they took numbers on a screen the bank made from nothing?
@@chriss4365 Banks "print" money?
The bank just pushes a button and makes money from air so stealing from a thief is not a crime
I 1000% agree.
🤫 they not ready.. you gotta spoon feed em homie!
On top of that have rules where they can legally seize your money if they see fit or you take out a large amount from your account
actually it is a crime, you are suppose to report the error, and they dont make it appear outa thin air, if you still believe what you said im sure the inmates in prison would love you, kicking and screaming.
I can't believe there's people who actually think this is true.
When you owe the bank $100, it's your problem.
When you owe the bank $1,000,000, it's the bank's problem.
Man, I had a check for $8,700 mailed to me by mistake once. It had my name on it and from a business that used the same bank I did. I took it to the bank thinking the whole time, "this can't be real". I signed the check and took it up to the teller thinking they're gonna be like, "this was a mistake". Nope. They cashed that check and asked me do I want to deposit any of it. I asked what the check was for. They couldn't tell me. I called the company and asked them what the check was for. I was told they owed me the money. Needless to say, no, it was supposed to go to someone else with the same name in another state. How it got sent to me, no one knows. Luckily I deposited it and didn't spend it because about 4 months later a detective showed up to my door. I was initial charged with felony theft. I explained every thing to the detective. Charges were eventually dropped after the investigation and the company got their money back. You have no idea how tempting it was to spend that money especially as time kept passing by.
A check mailed to you and in your name, why would they even consider charging you?
You did the right thing.💯
@@alethastevens6151 no he didnt
Well done for being honest. However, I would have sued the bank or financial institution for defamation of character or something. It was their fault and now they caused me to look like a criminal by having investigators show up at my home.
You really should have civilly sued the bank. You brought this to their attention, They did nothing. Months later they report you as a thief. Yeah.
*My girlfriend had a cousin withdraw from her account, bank said tough luck we followed our security procedures, I say same to the banks, TOUGH LUCK.*
Wow, we feel very sorry for the Bank, a great injustice has been committed. My advice to the couple, run Forest run.
It is not theft, even if the "bank considers it theft". They did not rob or intentional take money from the bank.
I don’t know how this beautiful video ended up in my feed. It my day. The comments are the best. May this couple never get caught!
They were both caught and sent to prison. Google search is your friend.
If you gave it to them it not stolen
Indian givers... now they want it back....
Yap correct after all bank ripping client over charge fees from own costumer money.
It’s stolen when you leave with it.
Exactly 💯
Now they are fugitives. Is it really worth it? I am a poor farmer but I am certain I am living a way happier life. Don't need to look over my shoulders or wonder if a private detective is gonna catch up to me. They are outright dishonest.
Caught in Hong Kong 2011, got a few years in jail. They still hadn't recovered all the money in 2011.
Not all money recovered cuz they were spending it.
They should of went to a country with no extradition....oh well
In jail for not doing anything wrong..
They should have went to thailand or Latin America. No extradition, with that 6 million. It would have lasted them a lifetime.
@@craigfamily9321 Thaland.
"It's most disappointing for the bank" oh, those poor souls, my heart aches for them. 🤣
15 years later and this shows up in my feed. Wonder if they ever got the money back?
I sure hope not, I like to think that the couple is drinking mai tais in the Bahama's right now.
Bank error in your favor! Have a nice day, and thank you for being a valued customer!
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I HOPE THEY MAKE THIS INTO A MOVIE COMEDY.
DogeCoin to the moon 🚀🚀🚀
Congrats to these couple hope they enjoy the gift
The bank might as well eat that loss. The bank is never going to see any of that money again.
If I saw a large deposit in my bank account I would assume someone from my past has given me the money and wants me to have it. If the bank says it’s a mistake and it belongs to them they’re going to have to prove it before I’ll give it back.
Bank would have no problem proving their mistake.
@@r0nb0h0ju , I’m not going to take their word for it they’re going to have to prove in a court of law type of scenario, or at the very least show me the details and allow me to form my own conclusions.
Your past must be quiet the tale !
@Andrew Friend , Do you know these things for sure because they happened to you or someone you know? If not then my thought is you really don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@MissMarinaCapri for sure the bank has some sort of audit system in place, with tons of dossiers detailing transactions of the banks financials n such thus your argument of "fight me in court" ceases to stand to reason and the sucker would be you who has to pay legal fees for an attorney as such when they can easily prove their side with evidence from the audit logs😂😂
15 years later and this pops up in my Utube?? HUH?? Well, ok, how about an update??
Right?
Same 😂😂
"What would you do? now the station is closed, some money is gone & the couple is gone....."
yup, that's what I'd do.
Kate Allen........LOL ....I agree. You have to take advantage of that opportunity, it may never come around again.
So if I wire money money to the Wong account by mistake it’s my mad and the money is lost .... but if they spend it it’s a crime 🤷♀️
Beautifully said!!!👏👏👏
Ok ok you know how it goes
That had to be the most agonizing decision of his life, deciding whether to take his wife or not.
Donate it all to charity. When the bank tried to get it back they'd be on the front page as the villain and you'd be the hero.
The only thing they did wrong was they didn’t withdraw “all” the money before they left. 😂🤣😅
They can't, nobody can withdraw that much money. I don't even think that banks carry that much money.
@@nordicwarrior2176 no, but you can open other accounts other places and have it transferred.
👏
@@partylee007 and be traced
@@lorreba3054 not if you buy bitcoin
One man's mistake is another man's treasure!
I agree too. If the bank made the mistake it’s their fault. The couple didn’t steal it.
of course they did.
The husband ended up serving almost 5 years in prison, while the wife was on inhouse arrest for 9 months.
And people wonder why the jails are 95% men.
is this true ?
Remember folks; if YOU accidentally send the wrong person money, the bank says tough luck.
When the BANK sends the wrong person money; it becomes an international manhunt.
I’m mean running away is the only logical thing to do in this situation
I’d be on a boat sitting next to some goats and chickens, headed somewhere with no extradition treaty. ✌🏾
Bye bye I am gone and you will never find me, until I am broke.. hehehe 🍺🍻😂🤗
Right!!!!!!!!!
Lol same here
Wonder if they were ever caught lol Kind of hoping they didn’t and are still enjoying life 😅😂
Can you really enjoy life knowing if you get caught you have decades in prison?
They could be enjoying life why not.. not every country gives a f**k about NZ police and Interpol. They probably fled to a country like Thailand and are living like kings.
@@chinadashauthority65 lol they were arrested in China. Somewhat ironically given your channel name
@@jameskent9487 I love irony
They got arrested , the Man did 4 years in prison and the wife got 9 months house arrest .. hopefully they hid the money somewhere and are enjoying it now ..
I hope they're living their best life!
Only bank can steal your money legally
Correct stealing face to face over charges fees own money tricks.
Our government steals our money all the time. They do it legally
If the bank thinks it can use my account without my permission, then there will be consequences
"Oh wow look at all this Money"
✌ Deuces ✌
WORD!
lol
That's some bull jive! Look there should be a law that says whenever this happens the bank account holder gets to keep 20% of whatever was accidentally placed into it.
They want the money back and life in prison for both, they went underground forever , or on a yacht sailing the seas .
They were arrested and he got 4yrs and some change in prison and she got 9 months house arrest
@@oldmanballer5088 sexist asf
I don't think you can own and maintain a yacht for very long with less than 6 million. Maybe a very small used one in Mexico with solar panels or something.
Should have went to Thailand or Latin America. 6 million will have lasted them a lifetime there. No extradition as well
@@achillesrodriguezxx3958 smart , very smart Genius thinking 👍
I refer you to Supreme Court Case: Finders V Weepers.
!!!
"Excuse me teacher, what's the homework for tonight?"
"Oh I almost forgot!"
You're taught to take advantage of other people's mistakes at a young age, it's a human survival instinct.
If he ever gets caught I hope he says. I sent them a letter they had 30 days to respond cause I am retiring soon. Not his responsibility bank never responded to him.
Yup, id be gone and you would never find me.
He was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 4.5 years in prison.
SMART COUPLE. ITS NOT THE COUPLES ERROR, ITS THE BANKS.
Can they really legally hold them accountable for this since the bank is the one that made the mistake?
Yes. They would't have fled if they knew they could keep it and refuse to give it back
Hopefully the couple r still living the dream.
This video is 11 years old 🤨
Dude I worked with had 50k deposited into his account. He told HR and they never did anything about it. So he quit, spent the money and never heard anything about it until a few years later when it was unearthed that they were doing shady tax stuff.
hope they are enjoying a pina colada right now 🍹🍹🍹
😂they made it out in time
It's not stealing. Once the money is deposited in your bank account, it's yours. I would have disappeared with all of it and started a new life
Want to keep an honest person honest? Don't give them $6 million by mistake. lol
The banks are the BIGGEST THEIVES and its KARMA!! I hope the couples have a happy life!!
True dat!
The couple took some of the money and ran! DID I miss them saying how much the couple took? 1 million or 2 or 3 million? How much? Yes it matters!
I read somewhere they only recovered 3 million out of the 6...
Banks should be held accountable!!! They gave the couple the money....
They picked a great chance card in Monopoly.
He probably had super powers for a day because he was the 6 MILLION DOLLAR MAN!!!🏋🏻
Funny, imagine I have a guy on the street $100 and then realized I only meant to give him $1, but I can no longer find him. So I call the police and tell them that the person stole $100 from me. No, someone at the bank transferred money into their account. That is not theft.
I’m checking my account everyday
Yup, I’m gone too. All the feds would have is a pair of shoes that were ran out of and a scent trail that ends abruptly at the entrance of the local airport.
It’s not theft technically unless you actually spend it so you could keep moving the money around different bank accounts making money on the interest and not breaking any law different countries have different rules regarding this so I’d do that and then I’d offer a deal to the bank give back most of it keep a decent piece of it the bank claims full amount on insurance and you give back 70% win win for all concerned
If they had invested in bitcoin in 2009 they would have been able to return the principal to the bank two years later and live happily ever after on the profits.
6 million is not a lot of money if you have to give up your entire life, hide and know one day you can get caught. To be a life long fugitive is not worth it. That said, I would guess that if the people had turned the money in the first place, the bank would just say thanks for nothing and not even give them $100 for honesty.
How many people would have returned it?? If there is no statue of limitations...then they can return in a few years lol
@@ryanscott2548 video was originally uploaded 10 years ago, if that helps.
Yap true, just come and go bye bye.
@Jesset Hollywood I don't think they withdrew everything but yes most people never make $500000 in a lifetime!
Whether it's worth it or not really depends on where you're at in life. For my son it wouldn't be worth it, he has got a wife and a nice business going and he's young and healthy, so doing something like this would ruin his entire future. However I am much older and more decrepit lol. My health is such that I don't expect the rest of my life to be lengthy enough for long term consequences to be a big issue, so yeah, totally worth it. They'd find me living in a very modest house in Brazil or some other non-extradition country with no evidence of having any money at all. I'd hide it somewhere so he could pick it up later once the upstink had died down and too much time had passed for them to do anything about it. I even know how I'd tell him where it was in such a way they'd probably never find the message, or be able to figure out what I was taking about if they did because it'd only make any sense to him.
Its not right for the people to keep this money. However, they should impose a large "service fee" on the bank for the mistake.
Lol....saying a 30% restocking fee?
If I made a mistake and overdrew my account, my bank would steal from me. Now it's their turn
It's probably going to cost more money to perform all of these investigations than it would to just let them have the money.
ummm....no ...it wouldnt.
Well done guys enjoy your life
Live it to the full
yeah, in prison cells...
Caught in Hong Kong 2011, got a few years in jail. They still hadn't recovered all the money in 2011.
Finally, I stumble upon a news story where they did the smart thing.
First time I ever heard of a bank making an error in a customer's favor.
I’d run for the hills as well!
All these people talking about we thought he was honestly he's not I bet $6000000 would make you not honest too in your opinion I would have done the same thing and I'm willing to bet you would have to but personally I would have went to Brazil no extradition laws deuces
I'm rooting for the couple. Go live a long and healthy life.
CZcams is showing this after 11 years - 2021
When you send someone accidentally - bank says - sorry we can't do anything !!!
I would’ve kept it too lol
once money is put into my bank account that makes it mine possession is 9/10 of the law. plus a normal person can't control what goes in and out of their bank account so why would it be my job to figure it out when my money goes missing they say it's not their problem so if money goes into my account why would I make that their problem
I wonder how much "some of the money" actually was... lol
$ 5.9999999 million!
So I guess if the bank by accident takes money out of your account it should be tough luck?
I would've taken all of it. It ain't my fault.
I would do the exact same thing. 💯
That’s the bank’s problem not the couples. If the tiles were reversed the bank would be like oh well that’s on you
You can't report a car to be stolen if you hand the keys over. They literally handed the couple millions of dollars. Sounds like an employee should lose their job and insurance needs filed
we are currently chasing sheep in our gumboot`s = west pak !
This here is a story about Billy Jo n Boby Sue, two young lovers with nothen better to do, ...
Take the money n run! Hay, hay, hay, ya know they got away! Take the money n run! Steve Miller Band.
Love that song. Hope they got away.
We all think we're honest until 6 million dollars appear into our bank account lol
hope theyre still out there living the best life Or at least left having lived the best life
The couple is in Singapore
*Really unlikely tho. xi jinping needs a bag too.*
They drew from the bank money the bank told them was theirs, and now they cry stolen. I hope they never get caught because I do not think they did anything wrong other than not immediately wiring the entire amount into a Swiss Account.
Why am I seeing this 13 yrs later ?
No no, it was bank error. The couple reviewed the transaction and determined the bank authorized the transfer so there is nothing they can do. Thank you for calling.
In America, Chase Bank mistakenly transferred 50 Billion Dollars to a woman’s account, and she reported back to the bank. And after that she only has 700 dollars in her bank account. Banks never be honest to you and why should you?
If you owe the bank $600, that is your problem. If you owe the bank $6,000,000, that is the banks problem.
11 years later 😂 Still funny! I would’ve done the same thing 😂 even now 11 years later.
They probably took the quickest flight they could find to Switzerland.
Why Switzerland?
The USA bankers and govt have taken over the secrecy of switz banking.
It’s no longer safe.