A West Auckland woman who accidentally received a pensioner's $158-thousand after an account transfer error, has been charged with theft

Police have also charged a man closely linked to the woman with receiving $64-thousand, which she allegedly sent him after the money mistakenly landed in her Westpac account.

The alleged victim, Andrew Che Sit Bong, is glad police have finally taken action and he plans to attend next week's court appearance.

When the mistake was realised - Westpac immediately froze the account and was able to recover 28-thousand dollars.