JUST IN: A 37-year-old woman pretends to be a 12-year-old child to deceive a host family
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The deception lasted more than a year. A 37-year-old Brazilian woman was indicted on Tuesday for identity theft and fraud. She is accused of having posed as a 12-year-old girl to a foster family, reports the Brazilian daily O Globo. The suspect was arrested on June 2 at the home of the family who had hosted her for nearly 14 months in Joinville, in the state of Santa Catarina. According to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, calling herself “Gabriele”, she pretended to be an autistic child and victim of abuse to elicit empathy from the victims. To reinforce the deception, she used pacifiers, bottles and drew like a child. Unmasked by a relative of the host family The family, linked to an evangelical community, treated her like an adopted daughter, installing her in their home and offering her gifts. They also threw a party for his twelfth birthday. It was an adoptive aunt of the suspect who helped uncover the scam. She recognized the woman in articles reporting a similar case that occurred in 2023 in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The police were then alerted. Before investigators, the woman admitted to having committed the same acts in several Brazilian locations. Each time, she used different first names. She was placed in pre-trial detention and a psychiatric assessment is scheduled for June 26. The thirty-year-old’s court-appointed lawyer indicated to the G1 information site that the thirty-year-old has already been hospitalized in psychiatric care on several occasions.
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Source: This article was originally published by 20Minutes – Actu Monde and adapted for our international English-speaking audience.
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