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Couple Vanishes After $6M Bank Deposit Error

By Mat Probasco, Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2009 4:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – Police are searching for a New Zealand couple who disappeared after withdrawing a fortune mistakenly credited by their bank to their account. Westpac Bank blamed the $6 million deposit blunder on "human error," and executives want the money back. Unlike the "Bank... Read full story »

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