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Woman accused of wheeling dead ‘uncle’ into bank to sign loan

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April 17, 2024 at 3:17 p.m. EDT
A Banco Itau branch in Rio de Janeiro. (Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg)
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BRASÍLIA — The woman arrives at the bank pushing a man in a wheelchair. His eyes are closed; his head lolls wildly.

“Uncle Paulo, are you listening?” Érika de Souza Vieira Nunes asks. “You need to sign it. If you don’t sign it, there’s no way. I can’t sign it for you.”