Woman arrested for attempting to use dead relative to secure bank loan
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Business Insider
A woman in Brazil was arrested for attempting to secure a loan using her dead uncle's body at a bank, raising suspicion when she tried to get him to sign the document in a wheelchair. The man was later confirmed to have been dead for several hours, leading to the woman's arrest on suspicion of theft by fraud and violating a corpse. The incident occurred amid Brazil's economic stagnation, with the country's GDP flatlining and high interest rates.