http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... tion=world
New Zealand police are searching for a couple believed to have fled the country with millions of dollars they received in a banking error.
Police will not reveal who the accidental millionaires are, but it is believed they ran a service station in the North Island city of Rotorua.
The couple had applied for a $10,000 loan to stop their business going under, but Westpac mistakenly transferred $8 million ($NZ10 million) into their account.
Now these cunning Kiwis have done a runner, but police are in hot pursuit.
Westpac's slogan is "making the most of life", and that appears to be exactly what these two Kiwis are doing.
The bank is still trying to figure out if someone's finger slipped on the computer keyboard - transferring millions instead of thousands into the couple's bank account.
New Zealand police are not talking today - they are too busy searching for the pair who are believed to have fled the country.
They are looking into the possibility that there is a second bank involved who knows nothing about the mistake.
Interpol has been called in to help track down the couple.
Westpac released a statement saying it is pursuing vigorous criminal and civil action to recover the money.
New Zealand lawyer Mike Colson has a lot of experience advising banks when things go wrong and they make accidental payments.
"Usually they look at freezing accounts, but generally it's not a criminal matter," he said.
"But Interpol are involved this time."
