Bank Deposits $4.6 MILLION Into Girl's Account By Mistake.

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Christine Jiaxin Lee, from Malaysia, who has been arrested by immigration officials for breaching her student visa, allegedly hid the money by transferring about $5000 per day into secret bank accounts across Australia.

According to The Daily Telegraph, police will allege that over nine-month period, about $33,000 per week was sent to bank accounts with no connection to Westpac bank, who initially transferred Ms Lee $4.6m after a processing error.

Those smaller payments were minimal enough to avoid raising any alarms with banking officials.

Student Christine Jiaxin Lee, 21, from Malaysia but living in Sydney, allegedly hid $1.3m of the $4.6m mistakenly transferred to her by transferring about $5000 per day into secret bank accounts across Australia

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The Malaysian national had been renting a lavish penthouse in Sydney's inner west, believed to be worth $780 a week

#3 The chemical engineering student was arrested at Sydney Airport on Wednesday as she tried to board a flight to Malaysia

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Dressed in a black tracksuit and cap, Ms Lee's boyfriend Vincent King spent a short time with lawyers on Friday before leaving and returning with a surgical mask over his face after providing documents to help her get bail

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Christine Jiaxin Lee was been arrested on suspicion of spending millions of dollars that were mistakenly transferred into her account four years ago

The chemical engineering student allegedly splashed out $3.3 million in less than a year, making cash transfers and adding to a collection of designer handbags, according to Nine News.

Westpac confirmed the same amount, $3.3m, was still missing and was believed to have been spent or moved overseas, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Ms Lee also lived in a luxury apartment in Sydney's inner west overlooking the harbour, at a cost of more than $3000 per month.

She was due to walk free from police custody on Friday after being granted $1000 bail in court over charges relating to the $4.6 million she wrongly received.

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But she was taken into custody by immigration officers and transferred to Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, in Sydney's western suburbs.

'She was taken by immigration and will be held in detention at Villawood,' a police source said.

'She got bail for what she did but the visa is another thing and they'll deal with that.'

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection would not comment on her status.

'It is not appropriate for the Department to comment on matters before the court or an individual's visa status.'

Ms Lee is being held at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in west Sydney after being re-arrested on Friday for allegedly breaching conditions of her student visa (stock image)

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Ms Lee had been due to walk free on Friday after being granted $1000 bail, but was rearrested, this time by immigration department officers (stock image)

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Mr King was seen with Ms Lee's mother outside Waverely Local Court on Friday, where bail was granted for Ms Lee. However, she was later detained by immigration officers

#9 The woman was also dressed in a black tracksuit and cap with a surgical mask over her face

#10 The woman was also dressed in a black tracksuit and cap with a surgical mask over her face

Mr King (pictured in a Real Madrid jacket) was pictured earlier in the day without a mask

Lee still allegedly owes $3.3 million to her bank after spending the cash on designer goods and handbags

Ms Lee had been granted bail on Thursday, provided she paid $1,000, surrendered her passport and lived with boyfriend Vincent King.

However, she was blocked from leaving custody when her boyfriend couldn't prove his identity and made spelling errors on the application form.

On Friday morning, Mr King presented several documents to Waverley Local Court with his name being amended to Junnan Jin so the Malaysian-born woman could make bail.

Mr King arrived just before 9.30am to speak to Ms Lee's Legal Aid lawyer who appeared on her behalf as she remained in custody.

Both he and Ms Lee's mother dressed in a black tracksuit and cap with surgical masks over their faces.

Ms Lee will have her case heard again in court on June 21.

The 21-year-old was detained at Sydney Airport on Wednesday night when she attempted to leave Australia for Malaysia.

According to police, Ms Lee opened the bank account before her 18th birthday, but it was not until 2014 that she started withdrawing money. Her transactions between 2014 and 2015 totalled $4,653,333.02, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

#11 The luxury apartment building when Christine Lee lived in on Rider Boulevard in Rhodes

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Beneath her luxurious apartment in the north-western suburb of Rhodes is the hairdressing salon she would frequent (pictured). Her hairdresser called Ms Lee 'a nice girl but she didn¹t talk too much'

#13 The 21-year-old made a brief appearance at Sydney's Waverley Local Court (above) on Thursday morning

#14 It is believed Ms Lee's mother and partner wore the surgical mask to obscure their identities

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Beneath her luxurious apartment in the north-western suburb of Rhodes is the hairdressing salon she would frequent (pictured). Her hairdresser called Ms Lee 'a nice girl but she didn¹t talk too much'

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Ms Lee is thought to have been held at Surry Hills Police Station. She is accused of going on a spending spree after wrongly receiving $4.6 million

#17 Wielding a batch of documents, Mr King appeared at Waverly Local Court on Friday for a bail application

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When the Malaysian national appeared in Waverley Local Court on Thursday charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime, she claimed she was living at a prestigious sub-penthouse in the inner west of Sydney.

With natural surroundings and oceanfront views of Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Rider Boulevard apartment is rented at $780 a week or $3120 per month, according to property records.

Beneath her luxurious apartment in the north-western suburb of Rhodes is the hairdressing salon she would frequent.

Her hairdresser called Ms Lee 'a nice girl but she didn¹t talk too much'.

‘We heard what had happened, but it is ridiculous that they put all that money in someone¹s account by mistake,' she said.

The stylist said there were no signs of a lavish lifestyle from her 21-year-old client and was shocked to learn the amount of money which was alleged to have been spent by the university student.

'On what? No, not here, we are not that expensive.'

The court heard that although the police fraud unit had started their investigation into the withdrawal of the money in 2012, they only issued the arrest warrant on March 4 this year.

The student told her lawyer that she had obtained the emergency passport to fly home to Malaysia to visit her parents, who did not know about her arrest.

Lee's lawyer, Fiona McCarron told the court that the money was partly spent on luxury items like expensive handbags, to which the Magistrate commented: 'That's a lot of handbags.'

And Ms Stapleton agreed with the lawyer when she said the police would struggle to prove the spending of the money was illegal.

'They gave it to her,' said the Magistrate, who added that if it was proved that the money was indeed given to Lee, then the student would owe the money to the bank and have to pay it back.

'But she wouldn't necessarily have broken the law,' said the Magistrate.

Ms Stapleton suggested Lee may not have broken the law as the money she spent was not 'proceeds of crime. It's money we all dream of', according to Fairfax Media.

Court documents revealed she is alleged to have committed the offences on multiple occasions between July 2014 and March 2015.

It is alleged she failed to notify the bank that she was not entitled to the $4.6m.

The court heard she knew police were attempting to make contact with her and she obtained an emergency Malaysian passport in order to leave the country.

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Her boyfriend Vincent King (pictured) - who tried to pay a $1000 bond for her release - was only carrying a Malaysian ID card and officers could not verify his identity

#20 Her boyfriend of 18 months Vincent King did not bring verifiable documentation to court on Thursday

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The court heard she knew police were attempting to make contact with her and she obtained an emergency Malaysian passport in order to leave the country

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On Thursday, Mr King, her boyfriend of 18 months said he had no knowledge of the funds.

He said he had 'no idea' she had ever been given access to the money and reportedly claimed to have never seen her make any extravagant purchases.

It wasn't until Thursday morning when Lee called him asking for help that he knew anything about it.

When told how much money she'd had access to, he said 'that's big money'.

Beneath her luxurious apartment is the hairdressing salon she would frequent.

Her hairdresser called Ms Lee 'a nice girl but she didn¹t talk too much'.

'I haven¹t seen her for a long time now - it¹s not true, is it?' she asked.

'We heard what had happened, but it is ridiculous that they put all that money in someone¹s account by mistake.

'But she is okay now, right?¹ adding she thought Ms Lee had been released.

The stylist said there were no signs of a lavish lifestyle from her 21-year-old client and was shocked to learn the amount of money which was alleged to have been spent ($3.3m) by the university student.

'On what? No, not here, we are not that expensive.'

#23 Ms Lee's boyfriend posted a picture of the stunning view seen from their shared accommodation in Rhodes

The Rider Boulevard apartment boasts sweeping oceanfront views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and city

#24 Pictured is a $780-per-week sub-penthouse apartment in the same building where Ms Lee lives, similar to the one she rents

#25 Lee obtained an emergency passport before attempting to make the flight on Wednesday, the court heard

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The 21-year-old was stopped from boarding a flight to Malaysia on Wednesday night by Australian Federal Police at Sydney Airport (file image above)

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