拿了就跑

上星期，同事七嘴八舌讨论以下这则新闻：

NZ couple take the money and run 

New Zealand police are hunting a couple thought to have fled the country with millions of dollars after a banking error in their favour.

The couple, who ran a Rotorua service station, are understood to have applied to Westpac Bank for a $NZ10,000 overdraft  – but mistakenly had $NZ10 million paid into their account.

They have since disappeared, after removing money from the account.

A Westpac spokesman said human error was responsible for the couple’s substantial windfall, not a systems error, and that the bank was reviewing its procedures.

同事A、B、C说，如果他们的银行户头真的无故多了一千万元，他们也会消失。大家接着生色俱全地描述会怎样逃跑、逃到哪里、怎样隐姓埋名，花那一辈子也花不完的钱。

同事D提醒说，真碰上这种事，是绝对跑不了的，说不定第二天男女就落网了。

接着，大家又开始议论，如果国大地大，不出国躲他一辈子是可能的。

第二天，有关这对男女的更多资料出现了。女子的母亲接受访问，说女儿是诚实的，并希望女儿赶快回家。

也有报道说，这对男女已经逃到香港或大陆去了。

Bank: Accidental NZ millionaires escape with $2.3 M

A businessman and his girlfriend, whose bank accidentally handed them a $6.1 million credit line, have managed to flee the country with more than a third of the cash, the bank said Friday.

An international search is under way for the couple, who may have fled to Hong Kong or China.

On Friday, a New Zealand woman told the TV3 network that the couple sought by police were her daughter Kara Yang and boyfriend Leo Gao, who were traveling with Yang’s 7-year-old daughter, Leena.

Sue Hurring said that while the situation was “stupid, bizarre,” her daughter was “honest.”

“She has never pinched a thing in her life – probably as a little girl, yes – but she is so honest, so honest,” she told the network.

The New Zealand Press Association also reported the names of the couple.

Police have not identified the pair. Detective Senior Sgt. David Harvey said Interpol was investigating in Hong Kong and was also working with officials in Beijing.

Westpac Bank said in a statement Friday that the couple, who ran a gas station in the North Island city of Rotorua, had a credit limit of 100,000 New Zealand dollars ($61,000). On Thursday, the bank erroneously told reporters the limit was NZ$10,000.

In formalizing the couple’s limit – meant for the gas station the couple ran – the bank accidentally opened a line of credit for $6.1 million, the statement said. Initial details from the bank indicated that money had actually been deposited into their account.

An account holder then tried to transfer about $4 million out of the account, but the bank was able recover $1.7 million, the bank said. The statement did not specify how it got the money back.

“Westpac is continuing to vigorously pursue the outstanding amount,” the bank said.

Companies Office records list Gao and another person as owners of the gas station, which police said filed for bankruptcy protection this month.

一名申请破产的男子无意间获得一笔天降的横财，你说他会不会心动？

同事B说，如果是nothing to lose，这对男女的确无需考虑太多。

媒体后来还指出，逃跑的男子是亚裔，女子是纽西兰人，分别30多岁。银行是在5月5日把一千万纽西兰元存放进他们的户头。直至事件在21日曝光前，他们有16天时间潜逃。

男子和家人住的房子早在去年10月已经开始求售。而事件发生后，男子的家人也失踪。

同事C说，除非这对男女和过去切割，从此不再和朋友、亲戚、家人接触，或许他们有机会逃过法律的制裁。

然而，同事A质疑男女犯了什么罪，就因为不诚实吗？明明不就是银行的过失吗？

从小，我们就学会不诚实是错的。然而，错在哪里一时也说不清楚。是为了图个心安理得，还是害怕因果报应和惩罚？

我只知道不义之财不可取，因为我比较相信因果循环，得到一些，必定会失去另一些。是道德，没错。

那笔钱，肯定是属于某个人、某个机构的，犯错的银行职员受罚不用说，某些人肯定有损失。这些人的损失最后也可能会影响到其他人，包括卷款而逃的男女和他们的家人。全球金融危机源自次贷危机，次贷危机刚开始时和你有关系吗？

这对男女最后的下场是什么，我不一定有机会看到，然而某天如果我的银行户头突然多了一千万元，我想我真的没有胆子卷逃。是我想多了吗？