The next evening, the couple celebrated with a big meal, and Gaodrank Hennessy brandy, she said. Within hours they left Rotorua,leaving everything, including their pet kitten. Taute said she never saw them again but Hurring sent her textmessages saying a friend would look after the cat. The court was told the couple went first to Auckland, where Gaotransferred $500,000 from his Westpac account to a personal ASBBank account. He sent $450,000 offshore, leaving $50,000 in thepersonal account. On April 29, Hurring dropped Gao at Auckland International Airportto fly to Hong Kong ahead of her, while she waited for an urgentpassport for her and 6-year-old daughter Leena. She is alleged to have withdrawn up to $1500 in cash at a time fromthe ASB account, exceeding the daily limit every day. She then flew via Hong Kong to the gambling resort of Macau, whereshe opened a $341,000 "front money account" at Wynn Internationalcasino for gambling chips, accommodation and food. Later she gave $2000 to younger sister Aroha to join her in HongKong, where they stayed in hotels and went shopping. Aroha Hurring told the court she did not realise her sister wasinvolved in the $10m error until she saw it on the news in China."I freaked out," she said. She asked Hurring about the money and was told there would be noproblem. "She told me the $10m had been put in Leo's account bymistake." The next day she rang her mother to book her a return ticket to NewZealand. Gao is alleged to have transferred a total of about $6.2m toaccounts in China through remittance companies before Westpacrealised its mistake and froze the transactions. Westpac recoveredabout $2.9m but $3.3m is still missing. Hurring spent 22 months on the run before being arrested when shereturned to Auckland to apply for a passport for her baby son inFebruary 2011. Gao was arrested in September 2011 when he attempted to cross theborder between China and Hong Kong. He is on electronic bail inAuckland, waiting for trial. What happened to Leo Gao? Arrested in September on the border between China and Hong Kong andnow faces charges of theft and money laundering. Gao, also known as Hui, is on electronically monitored bail at anAuckland address. He is under 24-hour curfew, has been banned from the internet andhas had to surrender his New Zealand passport. He and Hurring arenot allowed to associate as part of their bail conditions. He is accused of fleeing to China after $10 million was mistakenlydeposited into his Westpac bank account in 2009. A trial date for Gao has not yet been set. Email this article Print this article Text size + - more... Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Latest NZ News Video ONE News Minute 9pm update: May 15 (1:15) Crash victim's parents 'heartbroken' (1:23) ONE News Minute 6pm update: May 15 (1:08). We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Hair Straighteners Flat Iron Manufacturer , Hair Curling Wands for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Straightening Irons.
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