Horror moment woman wheels her dead uncle into bank in shameless scam as she tried to take out a loan in his name
THIS is the horror moment a shameless woman dragged her dead uncle into a bank in a bid to take out a loan in his name.
Shocking footage showed the dead man’s head swaying back and forth as her niece tried to get hold of his neck at a bank counter in Rio de Janeiro.
The Brazilian woman, identified as Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes, can also be seen using her hand to keep her dead uncle’s neck upright as she asked him to sign off a four-figure loan.
Pretending to have a conversation with him, she said: “Uncle, are you listening? You have to sign it. I can’t sign for you.
“Sign here and stop giving me a headache,” she added as she asked the deceased old age pensioner to hold the pen between his fingers.
But her shameless drama was met by a silent response from the dead man.
One of the bank workers present at the scene said: “I don’t think this is legal. He doesn’t look well. He’s very pale”
To which Erika quipped: “He’s like that,” before asking her uncle if he is unwell and wants to go to the hospital again.
Seeing the ordeal, the bank staff grew suspicious and started filming the pair before calling an ambulance.
And her shocking con rumbled soon after the paramedics confirmed Paulo Roberto Braga, 68, had passed away before she shamelessly hauled his body into the bank in a wheelchair.
Cops soon arrested Erika for the scam and revealed she tried to take out a loan for 7,000 Brazilian Reais (£2,500), local media reports.
Police chief Fabio Luiz confirmed after the arrest Mr Braga was already dead when he was wheeled into the bank.
He added: “The investigation is continuing to identify other family members and to find out if he was alive when the loan was arranged and when it dates from.”
Last year, a nephew who tried to collect his dead uncle’s pension at a post office was jailed in Ireland.
Declan Haughney, 41, dragged his uncle’s “lifeless” body to the local An Post office in a bid to pocket his €246 pension.
Haughney admitted hauling tragic Peadar Doyle, 66, to the Carlow town building with pal Gareth Coakley, 38.
They were caught when a horrified staff member at the post office immediately raised the alarm about the elderly man’s welfare.
Haughney was sentenced to two years in prison while his pal Gareth, 37, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.