Police are still confident of catching runaway millionaire Leo Gao and his partner Kara Hurring despite no sightings of them for a month.
Rotorua police have been pursuing the pair after they fled to Hong Kong following a banking error which saw $10 million transferred into Gao's account. The Rotorua businessman had asked for a $100,000 overdraft.
Most of the money has since been recovered but $3.8 million is still unaccounted for.
Officer-in-charge Detective Scott Thompson said he was confident it was only a matter of time before the pair were apprehended.
Rotorua police had prepared a "mutual assistance" request to the Chinese Government which was now at the Interpol Bureau in Wellington. New Zealand police were also working with the police liaison officer in Beijing.
The bank was continuing to try and recover the outstanding money, says Westpac spokesman Craig Dowling, although he would not give details as to do so could jeopardise the investigation.
"It's hard to know what the outcome will be at this stage," he says.
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