Christine Jiaxin Lee
Christine Jiaxin Lee
Christine Jiaxin Lee is a college student studying Chemical engineering in degree. She is a Malaysian national. Lee is on a student visa studying in Australia.
She has lived in Australia for five years and currently lives with her boyfriend in Rhodes, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
Allegations
On May 4, 2016 Christine was arrested at Sydney Airport while trying to leave Australia.
She allegedly spent millions on handbags and luxury goods after $4.6 million was mistakenly transferred into her Westpac bank account. The money was spent in a course of 4 years. Lee allegedly owes $3.3 million to her bank.
She was charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.
Spending
Lee was renting a sub-penthouse apartment with Sydney Harbour Bridge views before her arrest. The apartment was rented at $780 a week or $3120 per month.