A woman who attempted to take out a loan of 17,000 reais (US$3,250) for an elderly man she was pushing in a wheelchair has been taken into custody by Brazilian police. The man was found to be deceased.
When the woman wheeled the man in and asked for a loan in his name, bank employees in Rio de Janeiro were suspicious and summoned police on Tuesday.
According to a statement from the police, paramedics discovered the man was dead when they arrived.
The woman was reported to police for attempted theft by fraud and defiling a cadaver by the Bangu precinct on Rio’s west side.
“She tried to make it look like he was signing the papers,” local investigation chief Fabio Luiz told news site G1.
“But he was already dead when he entered the bank.”
Source: Ghana/MaxTV/MaxFM/max.com.gh/Michael Mensah Martey
