Woman Wheels Corpse Into Bank, Allegedly Tries To Get Him To Sign Off Loan In Her Name

• A woman was arrested for fraud after attempting to get a deceased man to sign off on a loan in her name
• Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes had wheeled her deceased uncle into the banking hall, pretending he was alive
• Her cover was blown when bank workers noticed the man was unresponsive and he looked pale

In a bizarre and shocking incident at a bank branch in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a woman was caught on camera attempting to get a deceased man to sign off on a loan in her name.

The woman, identified as Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes, wheeled the corpse of Paulo Roberto Braga, 68, into the bank.

Bank workers noticed man was pale

A viral video captured Nunes in the banking hall trying to pretend that the uncle was alive and willing to sign the documents.

Bank employees grew suspicious when they noticed the man's pale complexion and filmed the scene as Nunes held the dead man's head up and tried to get him to grip a pen.

"Uncle, are you listening? You have to sign it. I can't sign for you," she was heard telling him.

Despite the logical silence from the deceased man, Nunes persisted, urging him to sign the documents.

Nunes intended to sign off KSh 410k loan

According to Nunes, the man knew where to sign but was giving her a headache for no reason.

Paramedics called to the scene confirmed that Mr Braga had passed away a few hours earlier.

Nunes, who claimed to be Mr Braga's niece and carer, was arrested at the scene as police launched investigations into whether she acted alone or had other family members involved.

The loan the woman wanted to acquire fraudulently was reportedly for approximately £2,500 (KSh 410,000).

Bank employees arrested over missing KSh 2.2m

Elsewhere, a Co-operative Bank customer reportedly failed to trace KSh 2.2 million in her accounts after an alleged theft.

An IT specialist working with the banker was accused of masterminding the loss, upon which he was detained.

Two other employees were also accused of partnering with the staffer in the theft, which is said to have been committed at Co-operative Bank's Kayole branch.

Proofreading by Jackson Otukho, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke