Christine Jiaxin Lee was arrested for allegedly spending A$4.6mil (RM13.8mil) which was mistakenly given to her by a bank. Photo: Social Media.
May 6, 2016
A Malaysian woman who had allegedly spent A$4.6mil (RM13.8mil) which was mistakenly given to her by a bank lived the high life until her arrest earlier this week.
A Malaysian woman who had allegedly spent A$4.6mil (RM13.8mil) which was mistakenly given to her by a bank lived the high life until her arrest earlier this week.
Chemical engineering student Christine Jiaxin Lee, 21, was aged just 17 when Westpac bank in Australia accidentally increased her overdraft limit to £2.4 million.
But instead of informing the bank of the mistake, Lee went on a four-year spending spree, blowing a total of £1.7million of the money on handbags and other luxury items before being arrested at Sydney Airport last night and charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.
Lee appeared at Waverly Local Court this morning to hear the charges against her, Daily Mail Australia reported.
Court documents reportedly show that she stands accused of committing numerous offences between July 2014 and March 2015 - largely to do with her spending the money on so-called “luxury items”.
When she found out the police were trying to contact her about the money, Lee is understood to have arranged for herself to be granted an emergency Malaysian passport, allegedly so should could leave the country undetected.
As a result of her perceived flight risk, Lee faces strict bail conditions - including having to report to Sydney cops twice a day and being banned from entering any international airport.
Her passport has also been confiscated and she has been barred from applying for another one.
Lee, who is three years into her chemical engineering degree and who lives with her boyfriend in north-west Sydney is due to appear in court on June 21.
This morning her boyfriend Vincent King arrived at Waverley Local Court to bail out the chemical engineering student who he said was “a good girl”.
Mr King told reporters he had “no idea” she had access to the money, had never seen her buy expensive items and was in the dark about his girlfriend’s situation until she called him today asking for help.
When told outside court the amount Ms Lee allegedly had access to, Mr King said: “That’s big money.”
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